Infantry Soldier: Holding The Line At The Battle Of The Bulge

Describes in harrowing detail the lives of the men assigned to infantry rifle platoons in Europe during World War II. Neil uses his wartime letters, research, and hundreds of interviews to chronicle acts of horror and heroism on the front line.

In Infantry Soldier, George W. Neill describes in harrowing detail the lives of the men assigned to infantry rifle platoons during World War II. Few people realize the enormously disproportionate burden the men in these platoons carried: comprising only 6 percent of the United States Army in Europe, they suffered most of the casualties.

Neill served with a rifle platoon in the 99th Infantry Division. Bolstered by veterans of the 2nd Division, the 99th held the northern line in the Battle of the Bulge, preventing a German breakthrough and undermining enemy strategy. Neill uses his wartime letters, research, and hundreds of interviews to chronicle acts of horror and heroism on the front line.