Reviews
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 (“Band of Brothers�), 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, Belvoir Eagle, July 25, 2007 "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.", 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 ("Band of Brothers"), 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 , Belvoir Eagle, "July 25, 2007 "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.", 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 ("Band of Brothers"), 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, Belvoir Eagle,July 25, 2007 "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.", 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 Slaughterreaders 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 Beyondgives 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 ("Band of Brothers"), 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 Beyondis 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 , Belvoir Eagle, July 25, 2007 “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.�