‘From one former Screaming Eagle to another, an excellent book and a real credit to the story of the 101st Airborne Division’ – The NCO Journal (USA) ‘Highly recommended’ – Military Modelcraft International ‘The understated heroism of Bowen and his comrades shines through his humility and candor.’ – Air & Space Power Journal (USA) Bowen’s highly regarded memoir of his wartime years with the illustrious 101 st Airborne Division, Fighting With The Screaming Eagles, is due to be republished as a Greenhill Military Paperback early next year. Written shortly after the war but not published until Greenhill’s hardback edition in 2001, Bowen’s narrative is one of only a few accounts by a member of glider regiment. As WWII broke out, Bowen found himself drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, and had his first experience of war as he stormed ashore on to the Normandy beaches. He was wounded during the Normandy campaign but went on to fight in Holland and the Ardennes before being captured – and mistreated – finishing the war as a POW. Immediate, direct and compelling, it provides a brutal insight into the battlefields of World War II and is a vivid recreation of just what life was like in an elite unit. From the horror of D-Day and the despair of captivity, to the taste of C Rations and the fear of soldiers under fire, this memoir tells the full story of one man’s total war. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 126 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com