"They Left the Back Door Open" by Lionel Shapiro. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Lionel Shapiro. They Left the Back Door Open
They Left the Back Door Open
Table of Contents
Foreword
1. Summons to a Battlefield
2. Spanish Interlude
3. With Montgomery in Sicily
4. Face to Face With Fascism
5. The Allied Commanders
6. Peace Comes to Sicily
7. Destination—Salerno Bay
8. The Assault
9. Drama Under a Hazy Moon
10. The Crisis
11. Victory Before Naples
12. Men in Battle
13. Obituary Uttered by a Prince
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Lionel Shapiro
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Some three hundred men, last of the headquarters squadron, were lined up on the station platform beside the blacked-out train. Sergeants called the roll, their voices echoing over the sleeping town below the station platform. It was a moonless night and the faint glint of starlight played on the helmets of the troops.
On orders, the officers moved up the platform to where the first coaches awaited. The men remained, standing easy, along the lower length of the train. The wind was sharp, the night dark, and we waited. These were long minutes. Webbing supporting big and small packs strained at my shoulders. The journey into battle awaited the order of the officer commanding.
