The Screaming Eagles at War : With the 101st Airborne from D-Day to Berchtesgarden

The extraordinary story of the Screaming Eagles, or America's 101st Airborne, is now told in this unique and definitive illustrated history.

Historian Charles Whiting covers the facts of the 101st, from the unit's formation in 1942, through its early training in the U.S. and England, to its involvement in some of the fiercest fighting of the war in northwestern Europe.

D-Day, Bastogne, the German Frontier - the 101st was there.

The book ends with the 101st's capture of Berchtesgaden.

Illustrated with more than 100 stunning photographs and drawing extensively from interviews with men who were there as members of the Screaming Eagles, this carefully researched history is truly compelling in its narrative account of the accomplishments of these brave men.

Each chapter includes a travel guide for those who would like to visit the places where the 101st fought.

It describes how to find their memorials; details what action was fought there and why; and includes maps, lists of museums, other sites, and Tourist Board addresses.

There are recommended travel routes from the U.S. and from the UK.