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Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

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By (author): Jim DeFelice Ray Lambert

The New York Times Bestseller | Winner of the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award 

Omaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Day 

Lambert landed on [Omaha Beach] as a 23-year-old Army medic. ... As the bullets cut down his comrades, he raced repeatedly back into the sea to drag out wounded soldiers. New York Times

Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now D-Day legend Ray Lambert (1920-2021) delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of Normandy. 

At five a.m. on June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ray Lambert worked his way through a throng of nervous soldiers to a wind-swept deck on a troopship off the coast of Normandy, France. A familiar voice cut through the wind and rumble of the ships engines. Ray! called his brother, Bill. Ray, head of a medical team for the First Divisions famed 16th Infantry Regiment, had already won a silver star in 1943 for running through German lines to rescue trapped men, one of countless rescues hed made in North Africa and Sicily.

This is going to be the worst yet, Ray told his brother, who served alongside him throughout the war.

If I dont make it, said Bill, take care of my family.

I will, said Ray. He thought about his wife and sona boy he had yet to see. Same for me. The words were barely out of Rays mouth when a shout came from below.

To the landing craft!

The brothers parted. Their destinies lay ten miles away, on the bloodiest shore of Normandy, a plot of Omaha Beach ironically code named Easy Red.

Less than five hours later, after saving dozens of lives and being wounded at least three separate times, Ray would lose consciousness in the shallow water of the beach under heavy fire. He would wake on the deck of a landing ship to find his battered brother clinging to life next to him.

Every Man a Hero is the unforgettable story not only of what happened in the incredible and desperate hours on Omaha Beach, but of the bravery and courage that preceded them, throughout the Second World Warfrom the sands of Africa, through the treacherous mountain passes of Sicily, and beyond to the greatest military victory the world has ever known.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 261g
  • Dimensions: 135 x 203mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Jun 2020
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780062947581

About Jim DeFeliceRay Lambert

Arnold Ray Lambert (1920-2021) joined the U.S. Army in 1940 and served as a medic in the invasions of North Africa Sicily and Normandy. For much of the war he was staff sergeant in charge of a 30-man detail in the First Divisions famed 16th Regiment. Lambert earned the Silver Star and multiple Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts. He saved many lives. After the war he started two successful businesses in the Boston area. His memoir Every Man a Hero was published in 2019 and became a New York Times bestseller. Jim DeFelice is the author of sixteen NY Times best-sellers including American Sniper the basis for Bradley Coopers blockbuster movie of the same name. Some of his other credits include Every Man a Hero a best-selling account of Ray Lamberts heroics at D-Day in World War Two and They Called Us Lucky the story of Lima 3/25 the Marine Corps hardest hit unit in the Iraq War and the life of Congressman Ruben Gallego a Harvard undergrad who joined the Corps to serve as an enlisted grunt.

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