Dirt and Doughfeet: Combat Experiences of a Rifle-Platoon Leader ~ WWII ~ 4th Infantry Division in Luxembourg/Germany ~ Howard M. Randall

Title: Dirt and Doughfeet: Combat Experiences of a Rifle-Platoon Leader

Author: Howard M. Randall

Description: The personal narrative of a highly decorated American infantry rifle platoon leader with the 4th Infantry Division in World War II, based on his battle experiences in Luxembourg and Germany during the later phases of the war. Howard Randall records his experiences between January 1945, when as a second lieutenant he was shipped overseas, and 1946 when he was separated from the Army as a first lieutenant.

Howard Mansfield Randall (1922-2012) joined the Army in 1944 and became a rifle platoon leader in Patton's 3rd Army during World War II. He showed extreme valor in combat in Luxembourg & Germany and was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and other medals. His wartime reflections were filmed in Bill Moyers' 1990 TV documentary, From D-Day to the Rhine, which aired on PBS.

First Edition stated. Boards in cream cloth with brown lettering on spine. Some browning to endpaper gutters, else interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows general soiling, short closed tear on rear panel; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. 113 pages.


Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Good+

Publisher: Exposition Press
Place: New York
Year: 1955

Keywords: WWII, personal narrative, World War II, Europe, From D-Day to the Rhine, Luxembourg, 4th Infantry Division, Siegfried Line,