First to Jump

This book desperately needed a proof-reader who knows the subject matter. There were so many technical mistakes (a BAR is not .50 caliber for example) that it detracts from the book. Although fairly well written, it is not footnoted, just providing an extensive bibliography, but no idea of what came......more

Tom Perkins brings character and voice to the wide range of personas who encompass the U.S. Army pathfinders that sport Mohawk haircuts, war paint, and defiance in the face of their enemy. Jerome Priesler weaves biographical military history into the most compelling tales, leaving you holding onto y......more

Stories That Needed to be Told Well-researched, documented and comprehensive accounts focused on the actions of the Airborne Pathfinder teams assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's D-Day drop zones in Normandy, and in the Market-Garden drop zones in the Netherlands. More focused and complete than......more

While the writing was slightly on the simple side, I gave this one five stories for the thoroughness of the coverage and the amazing bravery it revealed. Of all the WWII things I've read, I'd never heard of the Pathfinders - those who basically went on what was considered suicide missions to aid in......more

I was aware of the pathfinders. One of my great Uncles was a pathfinder as well as my state representative when I was a young child. It was an interesting book, the military part was familiar to me, but it also told the stories of some of the men who were behind the scenes & less publicized than Eas......more