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Title: Fighting With the Filthy Thirteen
Subtitle: The World War II Story of Jack Womer - Ranger and Paratrooper
Author: Jack Womer, Stephen Devito
Narrator: John Allen Nelson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-29-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 25 votes
Genres: History, 20th Century
Publisher's Summary:
In 2004 the world was first introduced to The Filthy Thirteen, a book describing the most notorious squad of fighting men in the 101st Airborne Division (and the inspiration for the movie The Dirty Dozen).
In this long awaited work one of the squads integral members - and probably its best soldier - reveals his own inside account of fighting as a spearhead of the Screaming Eagles in Normandy, Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge.
Jack Womer was originally a member of the 29th Infantry Division and was selected to be part of its elite Ranger battalion. But after a year of grueling training under the eyes of British Commando instructors, the 29th Rangers were suddenly dissolved. Bitterly disappointed, Womer asked for transfer to another elite unit, the Screaming Eagles, where room was found for him among the divisions most miscreant squad of brawlers, drunkards, and goof-offs.
Beginning on June 6, 1944, however, the Filthy Thirteen began proving themselves more a menace to the German Army than they had been to their own officers and the good people of England, embarking on a year-of ferocious combat at the very tip of the Allied advance in Europe.
In this work, with the help of Stephen DeVito, Jack provides an amazingly frank look at close-quarters combat in Europe, as well as the almost surreal experience of dust-bowl-era GIs entering country after country in their grapple with the Wehrmacht, finally ending up in Hitlers mountaintop lair in Germany itself.
Throughout his fights, Jack Womer credited his Ranger/Commando training for helping him to survive, even though most of the rest of the Filthy Thirteen did not. And in the end he found the reward he had most coveted all along: being able to return to his fiancée Theresa back in the States.
Members Reviews:
Interesting listen
I really enjoyed this book, I have listened to lots of WW2 books, this one wasn't as in depth in the battles but also talked about how he got drafted, living in England, even his English girlfriends, then how they lived as they went through Germany in the final few days of the war.
Lots of shorter anecdotes, kept u listening and entertained for the whole book.
An honest, real telling of a WWII experience
Any additional comments?
The main thing that I like about this story is the frankness of the author, telling his story as it really happened, including details that you can tell are real because not all reflect positively on his outlook and actions. It also is a great reminder of how the Greatest Generation is getting older and soon there will be very few WWII veterans left. We need to hear their stories and pass them along so that future generations of Americans never forget the sacrifices they made to keep us free. If you are a student of WWII and want to add a vivid, real account of what it was like to fight in some of the major battles of the Western Front to your library, this is must read.
Dreadful
What disappointed you about Fighting With the Filthy Thirteen?
Dull narration, not well written, I can't say if the stories are true but they sound far fetched and the way they are told is not very interesting so you end up not really engaged
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Monotone voice no interest
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
bored
An honest first hand account of war.
Sgt.
