Jump Commander: In Combat with the 505th and 508th Parachute Infantry Regiments, 82ndairborne Division in World War II

by John Sparry and Mark J. Alexander

Col. Mark James Alexander was the only airborne officer to lead three different battalions into combat in World War II, successively commanding the 2d and 1st Battalions, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, 508 PIR, of the 82nd Airborne Division. A legend in his own time, he fought in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France, and even after being seriously wounded in Normandy, insisted on playing a role in the Battle of the Bulge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612000916
• ISBN13: 9781612000916
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"