LOVE COMPANY BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Love Company is the factual account of a young U.S. Army infantryman's experiences serving in a front line Rifle Company during the battles of Leyte, Philippines and Okinawa , Japan . The trials and triumphs of his unit, Company L, 382^nd Infantry Regiment, 96^th Infantry Division is faithfully detailed as his outfit meets the enemy in the swamps and jungles of Leyte and then on the fire-swept hills and ridges of Okinawa . During the course of these battles, Love Company, which landed 187 men on Leyte , suffers over 300 battle casualties. The few surviving battle-wise veterans and a steady stream of replacements heroically carry the fight to the Japanese until the end of fighting on Okinawa ,the last battle of World War II.  

Love Company and the rest of the 96^th Infantry Division, almost immediately after Okinawa , is shipped to Mindoro , Philippines for rehabilitation and to prepare for the invasion of Japan . To everyone's overwhelming relief, the atomic bomb ends the war, and interest turns to returning home. The wait ends and the author returns home to complete a civil engineering education at the University of Minnesota .  

In writing Love Company, the author includes events encompassing the big picture of the war against the Japanese and the achievements of the 96^th Infantry Division.

The author also manages to interject into the narrative humorous events as they occur during the deadly days of combat.                                   

Love Company was published on May 1, 2002 by Sunflower University Press of Manhattan, Kansas . The author is Don Dencker, Historian, 96^th Infantry Division Association. Book Specifications:

                        Durable Soft Cover, approximately 365 pages
                        6 inches by 9 inches size
                      105 illustrations, consisting of approximately 88 photos and drawings, 
                        13 combat maps and 4 documents
                        Bookstore price is: $19.95 

The author will have copies of the book for sale immediately for $17.00 Now: $14.00, which includes postage and mailing. Send check made out to Donald Dencker at:

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