Lightning, The History Of The 78th Infantry Division (Divisional Series) [Hardcover]

Division Historical Committee (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 313 pages
• Publisher: Battery Press (1999)
• ISBN-10: 0898392993
• ISBN-13: 978-0898392999
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,988,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Thorough and Detailed Book, July 11, 2007

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This review is from: Lightning, The History Of The 78th Infantry Division (Divisional Series) (Hardcover)

I bought this GREAT book for my grandfather, Dewey Baker, who was a member of the 78th 'Lightning' Division in WWII. He learned a great deal of the division's history and saw several pictures of places he had been both before and after the war. I don't believe there is a better book out there about the 78th.

For months after having received the book, he would call me to want me to come over so that I could see something he had told me about in years past. This book really opened the lines of communication between he and I concerning his time in WWII.

It's a very nice shelf book, well bound, the pictures are all of good to great quality in both b/w and color. There's a history of the division dating back to the civil war though most of the book concentrates on WWII.