A Long Way from Home: The Memoir of John Cipolla, 101st Airborne Division, 1942-1945

by Matt Fox

In 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, John Cipolla saw a recruiting poster for the airborne infantry outside of the recruiting office in his Rochester, NY neighborhood and signed up. After months of grueling training, he shipped out for Europe with the newly-formed 101st Airborne Division. The year he spent in Europe would be the most momentous year of his life. He took part in Operation Overlord, parachuting into Normandy the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475134940
• ISBN13: 9781475134940
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"