We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen: The Untold Stories of the Top-Secret LSC(S) Rocket Boat Missions of World War II at Sicily, Normandy (Omaha and Uta

by William Howard Palmer Jr.

D-Day, June 6, 1944-a day never to be forgotten. More than 156,000 troops crossed the English Channel from England to Normandy, making it the largest seaborne invasion in history. Leading the pre-invasion ashore were the brave, but little known, rocketboatmen, as they called themselves. Their job, as the first close up Naval offense, was to soften up the German beach defenses with 48 rockets, machine gunnery, and smoke screening, preparing the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647493730
• ISBN13: 9781647493738
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Go to Publish
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"