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The Men of Bastonge by Fred MacKenzie
A personal diary of a soldier about the Battle of Bastogne -
Chapter 1 pg 1-30 (30)
Main characters Danahy and Kinnard are introduced. They are both 29 and officers in the 101st. air borne division. -
pg 30-60 (60)
During this time Kinnard monitors the fortification of Bastogne. He meets a couple of new soilders, Higgins and Lt. Starrett. Kinnard meets the board of generals in the main hq. Soilders from all over the European front mass and prepare for battle. -
pg 60-90 (90)
The Army decide that they need to hold Bastogne at all costs. The Germans invade from the east. Kinnard wakes to the dull thumps of explosions and the racket of machine gun fire. -
pg90-120 (120)
Kinnard moved to the front lines and a fire fight broke out he fought through the night. In the morning, he found enemy tanks rolling into town. He called in an artillery strike and took out two tanks. They countered by deploying smoke canisters to hide their movement. They managed to hold their lines for the night. -
pg120-150 (150)
The Germans come down the rail road tracks. Tanks and artillery hit their fortifications hard. Then the 705th tank-destroyer battallion come from the rear and eliminated the enemy armour in the area. Kinnard got on a .50 cal and poured 2000 rounds on the enemy hillside. Enemy fire began to diminish. The 101st held out for yet another day. -
pg150-180 (180)
Units have been taking heavy casualties but over all the 101st is in good shape. The next five days are full of disorder and confusion. Both sides are tierd and trying to break through each other. A group of German messengers came with a surrender note and terms of surrender for the American soilders. This just made the American commanders furious. They sent back a note saying "Nuts". This guaranteed hard fighting to come. -
pg180-210 (210)
A flight of 240 C-47 cargo planes dropped alot of well needed supplies. They started to retake Bastogne. They sent out a patrol. Kinnard fired a few shots in a house to reveal a couple German soilders in each house. They saw a hay stack with a barrel protruding. It was obviously a tank. They called in an artillery strike. After twenty long minutes a P47 came steaking over the trees followed by an earth shattering thud and a crater lay where the tank used to be. -
pg240-254 (254)
Kinnard mounted a half track and rode forward as earth erupted around him. Then he got out and ran to a church and there was silence. The commanding officer yelled "If you see anyone through the smoke , yell halt." An explosion followed by gun fire erupted. He felt warmth in his glove. He saw his hand covered in blood, but he didn't have time to deal with it. Fighting kept on until morning. When morning come so did victory. -
pg210-240 (240)
An entire bomber wing flew over in the early morning dropping their bombs. Kinnard crawled into a tight ball as the earth a few hundred feet away turned to fire and every thing stopped for what seemed like minutes but was only seconds. He got up and saw nothing but scorched earth in front of him. He gathered and prepared to take the rest of Bastogne back. He heard they took 35 prisoners. They gathered all the remaining armour and prepared for the final push. -
end of book pg254 (254)
Kinnard got treated at a field hospital. Then left to rejoin his division. The morning was cold as they rode west to do it all over again. THE END -
Wngs of Fire by Dale Brown pg1-30 (284)
Introduced to main charicters Patrick and John Fraken. They fly on a test mission over Lybian air space. They laser enemy missles. -
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Wings of Fire by Dale Brown
Military adventure in North Africa -
Wings of fire p 31-60 (314)
Patrick experiments with the new ucav's called flighthawks. He also goes to a Lybian base and destroyed SS12 missle launchers. -
Wings of fire pgs 61-90 (344)
Patrick's brother, John died. His ship in the Mediterranian got sunk. Patrick's wife Wendy goes missing. -
Wings of fire pgs 91-120 (374)
Patrick's company Skymaster Inc. is bought by another company. Patrick takes over an Egyption cruiser in the Mediterranian. They sail to an Egyptian base. -
Wings of Fire pgs 121-150 (404)
Patrick meets the wife of the President of Egypt, Susan Saleem. SHe gives his permission to use the base as needed as long as he helps Egypt. -
Wings of Fire pgs 151-180 (434)
The person who bought Patricks company is now advancing the technology on the B52. -
Wings of Fire pgs 181-210 (464)
Patrick requests a B52 from America to assist on a raid in Lybia. It blows up an important Lybian base allowing Patrick to capture the President of Lybia, Zuway. Patrick threatend Zuway to return his wife or Patrick will destroy all of Zuway's bases. -
Wings of Fire pgs. 211-240 (494)
They sent another B52 to Lybia To help the first one. -
Wings of Fire pgs 241-270 (524)
They foil an attempt by Zuway to produce an EMP and destroy all power in the Middle East. -
Wings of Fire pgs 271-300 (554)
Zuway sets up a trap using Patrick's wife. Patrick goes to Lybia at the arranged location. As he arrived he found multiple missle sites and a squadron of Mig 24's. He pushed on into enemy territory. He started to destroy missle sites with a laser although his wife was still being held captive. -
Wings of Fire pgs 301-330 (584)
He was almost shot down by a flight of Mig 24's when a flight of US F15's came to his rescue. But then they started to fire upon him. He quickly contacted them on their radio frequency and informed them he was an American friendly. He was over the enemy base and his allies were moving in on the base by ground. -
Wings of Fire pgs 331-360 (614)
The US figured out the entire incident. Even with the President of the US telling him to stop he continues with his mission. -
Wings of Fire pgs 361-390 (644)
Patrick destroys Zuway's base. His troops on the ground rescue Patrick's waife. -
Wings of Fire pgs 391-420 (674)
Patrick retreats back to Egypt where he is arrested by AlKahn who works for Zastav a billionaire criminal who Patrick put in prison a few years ago. -
Wings of Fire pgs 421-450 (704)
Patricks team breaks him out of prison and they return to their home base in the United States. -
Wings of Fire pgs 451-480 (734)
Back in the US he explains what happened to the new shareholders. He appologizes for now keeping them updated as events unfolded. He hands over proof of was crimed by Zastav to the US government. Zastov is arrested again.