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"42ND RAINBOW INFANTRY DIVISION
History World War II"

New soft cover reprint of the original WWII blue hard cover history book 8 1/2 x 11 $25.

Make checks payable to Hugo Grimm and mail to:
Oriana Grimm, 32 Austin Hill Court, Wentzville MO 63385

"Hold At All Cost
42nd Rainbow Division Prisoners Of War
Personal accounts from American soldiers in World War I and World War II"

"Their imprisonment was a direct result of their orders: Hold at all cost"
Published by Kingsbury Books, first edition July 2004.

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These accounts by 42nd Rainbow Division P.O.W.'s from both World Wars provide stark descriptions of battles preceding capture as well as experiences in the Lagers in which they were imprisoned.

This book is an excellent reminder to veterans of those bleak days during the Ardennes-Alsace campaign and the misery awaiting those who were captured. For family members these are stories well worth knowing and remembering. For students of history there are lessons for survival of the human spirit.

"Hold At All Cost" 492 pages, hardcover, may be obtained at a cost of $15 per book (shipping included). Make out your check to Rainbow Veterans Foundation, include your shipping address information and mail to:

Mrs. Suellen McDaniel
1400 Knolls Drive
Newton, NC 28658-9452

"In Search of Rainbow Memorials"

by Lise Pommois with Charles Fowler; published by Aegis consulting Group, Inc., Bedford Pennsylvania.

"In Search of Rainbow Memorials" by Lise M. Pommois, distinguished author of "Winter Storm," and the Memorial Foundation's first Honored Member, with Charles Fowler, Rainbow Memorials Officer, should be on the book shelf or coffee table of every Rainbow Division veteran. For the first time, locations, descriptions, and pictures of, and even driving directions to Rainbow Memorials, have been compiled and presented in a single document. However, this book contains much more. It profiles leaders and other Rainbow men who rose to prominence and provides a running Rainbow history of both World War I and II, related specifically to associated memorials and their locales.

This book is one of a kind, great both for reading cover to cover and also for keeping on hand as a reference work. The final photograph of the "Inscription engraved in a pillar in the Strasbourg Cathedral, France" reads ,in both French and English, "1944-1945 IN MEMORY OF THE AMERICAN OFFICERS NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE TO FREE ALSACE."

The final sentence in the book eloquently proclaims, "Stones can talk, they can tell of heroic deeds or fierce fighting, but we must listen to them."

Efforts to bring together collected photos of Rainbow have long been underway, but only recently through the good offices of Memorials Officer Charles Fowler and the research, organizational and writing skills of Lise Pommois, has the final attractive, 108 page book been created.

"In Search of Rainbow Memorials" is available for $14.95 plus $4 for postage and handling from Aegis Publishing Company, P.O. Box 629, Bedford, PA 15522-0629. Telephone: (814) 623-8308; fax: (814) 623-8668; e-mail: aegis@bedford.net. (If more than one book is ordered at one time, the shipping for the first book is $4.00 then add $1.00 for each additional book - e.g. postage for three copies would be $6.00.)

"Winter Storm -- War in Northern Alsace -- November 1944 - March 1945"

by Lise M. Pommois

Winter Storm -- War in Northern Alsace -- November 1944 - March 1945 by Lise Pommois is now out of print. For information about the book, the author may be contacted at her e-mail address: pommois@wanadoo.fr or pommois.etienne@laregie.fr.

JUSTICE AT DACHAU

by Joshua M. Greene, published by Broadway Books, New York, 2003.

The Nuremberg trial of the highest ranking Nazis is well known to most. However, trials at Dachau of lower level Nazis, especially Concentration Camp administrators and guards has received little historic coverage. Joshua Greene has remedied this neglect with his fascinating new book centered on the Chief American prosecutor, William Denson.

You are invited by author Joshua M. Greene to visit www.justiceatdachau.com which provides reviews, photos, links, and other additional information.

"The U.S. Army in Nuremberg on Hitler's Nazi Party Rally Grounds"

by Peter Heigl

This 63 page paper back book with photos and text in both English and German begins with a brief description of the fall of Nuremberg on April 20, 1945 - Hitler's birthday. Three of the U.S. 7th Army's Infantry Divisions (3rd, 42nd, and 45th) had been ordered to capture Nuremberg which was accomplished after four days of fighting. Background of Nuremberg as the Nazi shrine city and home of extravagant Nazi party rallies is presented. American use of the Rally grounds and other facilities during occupation follows.

For placing orders, contact PHei2871@aol.com The price including shipping and handling is $14 U.S.

Further publications by the author related to the American Army in Nuremberg 1945-1955:
Nuremberg Trials, 96 pages, 100 photographs
Price incl. shipping: $17 U.S.

NTSC VIDEO The Beloved Occupiers. The U.S. Army in Nuremberg 1945-1955 Documentary film based on footage from the U.S. National Archives. 45 min.
Price incl. shipping: $24 U.S.

Dachau 29 April 1945, The Rainbow Liberation Memoirs
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The Final Crisis
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"Surrender of the Dachau Concentration Camp - 29 Apr 45- The True Account"

by John H. Linden, Sycamore Press Ltd., 1997, 158 pp. It is a hardcover book and should be readily available on inter library loan through your local public library.

42nd Rainbow Division WWII
The History and the Men
Five Pictorial and Review Books
November 1944 Camp Gruber Oklahoma
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Video

WWI VIDEO
THE RETURN OF PAUL JARRETT

by Clark Jarrett, grandson of Paul Jarrett, 166th Infantry Regiment Company M

Winner of many awards and honors, ten years in the making; archival footage, interviews and computer graphics, this five-part video is the last of its kind. Please go to www.clarkjarrett.com for ordering information, photos, history and promotion for this unique video.

WWII VIDEO
TRAIL OF THE RAINBOW DOCUMENTARY

by Rainbow Veteran Sam Dann, 222nd Infantry Regiment Company H, and his son, David, contains historical combat footage interspersed with interviews from WWII Rainbow veterans. $19.95+$3.95 S&H per cassette, payable RDV Memorial Foundation. Order from Suellen R. McDaniel, 1400 Knolls Drive, Newton, NC 28658-9452