Jump Into the Valley of the Shadow: The War Memories of Dwayne Burns Communications Sargeant, 508th P.I.R. Repair & Performance super-connected African Americans in Manhattan

super-connected African Americans in Manhattan

ISBN13: 9781576834343 ISBN10: 1576834344 Material Type: hardcover

1912 - August 24

from his Corsican roots through the French Revolution and his military

Jump Into the Valley of the Shadow: The War Memories of Dwayne Burns Communications Sargeant, 508th P.I.R. Repair & Performance super-connected African Americans in ManhattanWhen Dwayne Burns turned 18 during World War II, he decided that he wanted to fight alongside Americas best. He joined the paratroopers and was assigned to the 508th Regiment of the 82d Airborne Division. Little did he suspect that a year later hed be soaring in a flakriddled C47 over Normandy, part of the very spearhead of the Allied drive to seize back Europe. Burns landed behind German lines during the dark, early hours of Dday, and gradually found