Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter - Brossura

This is a newly published title, that, if you are interested in the Normandy campaign, you will not be able to put down. It's about the porgress of John Robert Slaughter through the US National Guard, which he joined in 1941 before the attack on Pearl Harbour. His military career then took on new meaning and on June 6th, 1944, he landed on Omaha Beach with the 116th infantry Regiment, of which nearly one thousand men were killed. The book is extremely well written and provides stirring insight into the events of this period of history and I thoroughly recommend it. --Tamiya Military Modeling magazine, January, 2010

I have been privileged to know Bob Slaughter for almost twenty years, a period during which I observed his passion to keep alive the spirit of those men, living and dead, who participated in the great D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. His commitment to the history of that great event, in which he was a participant, has never wavered. In Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Bob Slaughter readers can now learn firsthand the story of this remarkable American soldier and patriot. Joseph Balkoski, Maryland National Guard Command Historian and author, Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy... The long march of Sergeant Bob Slaughter as told in Omaha Beach and Beyond gives the reader the memories that Bob has lived with every day for the past sixty-three years. After reading this, his memories will live with you too, forever! Major Richard D. Winters, Distinguished Service Cross, E Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne, U.S. Army, World War II...Bob Slaughter s recollection of the fighting in France after the D-Day invasion is a firsthand account of a soldier s experience that tells it like it was for all of us who were there. Staff Sergeant Walter D. Ehlers, Congressional Medal of Honor, Company D, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, U.S. Army, World War II...Omaha Beach and Beyond is an excellent account of a Ranger-trained 29th Division infantryman in World War II. It s a quick, exciting, and rewarding read. 1st Sergeant Leonard G. Lomell, Distinguished Service Cross, Company D,2nd Ranger Battalion, Battlefield Commission, U.S. Army, World War II... Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him. --Belvoir Eagle, July 25, 2007

John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen. Just twenty at the end of the war, in 1947 he married and settled in Roanoke, Virginia. Upon his retirement from the Roanoke Times in 1987, Slaughter, who had become active in veterans affairs over the years, started to work on the creation of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the American soldiers at Normandy. On June 6, 2001, the National D-Day Memorial was dedicated. Bob Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia.Alex Kershaw is author of the widely acclaimed World War II histories The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice, The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon, and The Few: the American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain. He lives in Bennington, Vermont.

John Robert Slaughter enlisted in the Virginia National Guard well before Pearl Harbor in early 1941 at the age of sixteen. A veteran jopurnalist, he retired from the Roanoke Times in 1987. Active in veteran affairs for many years, Slaughter then began to work for the creation of a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the American soldiers at Normandy. On June 6, 2001, the National D-Day Memorial was dedicated. Bob Slaughter lives in Roanoke, Virginia.