Visions from a Foxhole: A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps - Tapa dura

An account of the 94th Infantry Division's campaign to break through the Siegfried line at the end of World War II describes the author's experiences as an eighteen-year-old rifleman on the front lines of the war.

An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division's bold campaign to break through Hitler's impregnable Siegfried line at the end of World War II. Eighteen-year-old William Foley was afraid the war would be over before he got there, but the rifleman was sent straight to the front lines, arriving January 25, 1945-just in time to join the 94th Infantry Division poised at Hitler's legendary West Wall. By the time Foley finally managed to grab a few hours sleep three nights later, he'd already fought in a bloody attack that left sixty percent of his battalion dead or wounded. That was just the beginning of one of the toughest, most difficult challenges the 94th Infantry Division would ever face: breaking through the Siegfried Line. Now, in VISIONS FROM A FOXHOLE, Foley recaptures that desperate, nerve-shattering struggle in all its horror and heroism. Foley brings the 94th Infantry Division's long, hard road to victory to gritty and glorious life. VISIONS FROM A FOXHOLE is an impressive addition to the annals of World War II literature.