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A Machine Gunner's War: From Normandy to Victory With the 1st Infantry Division in World War II by Ernest Albert "Andy" Andrews is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The vivid account of a young machine gunner’s war with the Big Red One, from D-Day through the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen to the Wehrmacht’s last stand in the mountains of Germany. Ernest “Andy” Andrews began his training as a machine gunner at Fort McClellan in Alabama in July 1943. In early 1944, he arrived in the UK for further training before D-Day. Andy’s company, part of the 1st Infantry Division, departed England on the evening of June 5 on the USS Henrico. Due to a problem with his landing craft, Andy only reached Omaha Beach on the early evening of June 6, but still had a harrowing experience. Fighting in Normandy, Andy was nicked by a bullet and evacuated to England in late July when the wound became infected, before returning to participate in the Normandy breakout. Following the race across France in late August, Andy participated in the rout of several retreating German units near Mons, Belgium, and his outfit approached Aachen in mid-September. For a month, Andy's squad defended a bunker position in the Siegfried Line against repeated German attacks, then after Aachen surrendered, the unit fought its way through the Hurtgen Forest to take Hill 23

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Author

Ernest Albert "Andy" Andrews

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Published

2022

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Military History, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (63 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14