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  David Kenyon Webster, author of "Parachute Infantry - An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of ...
Later, in the Netherlands, Webster was hit in the calf by a bullet from a machine gun.
Webster's contempt for the military life, and of the clichés of honor and patriotism the leaders employed to incite the troops to battle…was as great as his respect for this buddies and their bravery in battle.
Webster, who went on to become a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, penned his memoir shortly after discharge, drawing mainly on letters he had written from Europe.
www.davidkenyonwebster.com /bookreviews.html   (1249 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: David Kenyon Webster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
David Kenyon Webster (June 2, 1922 - September 9, 1961) was an American soldier, journalist and author.
World War II Webster originally trained with "F" Company, jumped on D-Day with Headquarters Company of the 2nd Battalion, then requested a transfer to "E" Company and served in the Company until discharged in 1945.
Webster is portrayed by Eion Bailey in HBO's Band of Brothers.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/David-Kenyon-Webster   (1689 words)

  
 David Kenyon Webster - Band of Brothers - Frères d'Armes - Les vétérans
David Kenyon Webster - Band of Brothers - Frères d'Armes - Les vétérans
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David Webster venait de terminer une année major à l'Université Britannique d'Harvard lorsqu'il se joignit aux troupes aéroportées comme volontaire en 1942.
www.dday-overlord.com /band_of_brothers_david_kenyon_webster.htm   (184 words)

  
 The One Soldier's Story Project - What To Write   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Webster told his story straight and didn't cut himself or those around him any slack.
Webster wrote his book in 1946, but couldn't find a publisher because none of them were interested in the stories of veterans in the years after the war ended.
Instead, Webster became a renowned researcher of sharks, and by the time "Parachute Infantry" was finally published in 1961, he was already gone, lost at sea.
www.onesoldiersstory.com /writing   (378 words)

  
 BandOfBrothersFan's Xanga Site
A native of Oregon, Malarkey was relatively similar to Webster.
David Webster wasn't sure how the rest of the guys would treat him when he got back from Belgium.
Webster began to wonder whether returning here was such a great plan.
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 David Kenyon Webster, author of "Parachute Infantry - An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of ...
David Kenyon Webster was a member of E Company, 506th Regiment of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II.
Webster wrote numerous letters to his family and, after the war ended, wrote a book about his experiences, Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich.
David Kenyon Webster is portrayed by American actor Eion Bailey in Episodes 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10 of HBO's "Band of Brothers." Webster is featured in Episode 8, "The Patrol," which he also narrates.
www.davidkenyonwebster.com   (437 words)

  
 Random House for High School Teachers | Catalog | Parachute Infantry by David Kenyon Webster, Introduction by Stephen ...
David Kenyon Webster’s memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war.
Offering a remarkable snapshot of what it was like to enter Germany in the last days of World War II, Webster presents a vivid, varied cast of young paratroopers from all walks of life, and unforgettable glimpses of enemy soldiers and hapless civilians caught up in the melee.
David Kenyon Webster worked as a reporter and writer after the war.
www.randomhouse.com /highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385336499&view=print   (269 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Webster's book was written inthe early 1950's from his personal memories and using his own letters andis a more raw account than the often rose-tinted spectacle served up bythe TV series.
Webster tells it like it is, fully admitting his fear ofbattle and hatred of life as a soldier.
David Webster was portrayed as a shirker and barrack room lawyer in the TV series but in fact what he was, was a man who volunteered to fight as an infantryman when, as an educated man he could have taken the safe option.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0385336497   (980 words)

  
 Parachute Infantry : An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich : David Kenyon Webster, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Webster wrote Parachute Infantry shortly after the end of World War II; it languished during the post-war years, when memoirs of regular soldiers were of little interest to publishers.
After Webster's untimely death in 1961 at the age of 39, his widow continued to believe in the manuscript and approached publishers without success.
Webster takes you through training at Toccoa, through jumps on D-Day and in Operation Market Garden in Holland, and to the last days of the war in Germany.
www.bookreviewsandsummaries.com /books51/0385336497.htm   (415 words)

  
 David Webster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Webster can refer to two different people:
David Kenyon Webster the American soldier, journalist and author
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Webster   (90 words)

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