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In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as "Maggie" to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new "home" for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples. In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, the Fifth Army commander, requested that the division's 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Maggie's outfit, stay behind for a daring new operation that would outflank the Nazis' stubborn defensive lines and open the road to Rome. On 22 January 1944, Megellas and the rest of the 504th landed across the beach at Anzio. Following initial success, Fifth Army's amphibious assault, Operation Shingle, bogged down in the face of heavy German counterattacks that threatened to drive the Allies into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Anzio turned into a fiasco, one of the bloodiest Allied operations of the war. Not until April were the remnants of the regiment withdrawn and shipped to England to recover, reorganize, refit, and train for their next mission. In September, Megellas parachuted into Holland along with the rest of the 82d Airborne as part of another star-crossed mission, Field Marshal Montgomery's vainglorious Operation Market Garden. Months of hard combat in Holland were followed by the Battle of the Bulge, and the long hard road across Germany to Berlin. Megellas was the most decorated officer of the 82d Airborne Division and saw more action during the war than most. Yet "All the Way to Berlin is more than just Maggie's World War II memoir. Throughout his narrative, he skillfully interweaves stories of the other paratroopers of H Company, 504th Parachute InfantryRegiment. The result is a remarkable account of men at war. "From the Hardcover edition.
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About the Author
James Megellas was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. After the war he returned to civilian life. He eventually served in the U.S. Army’s effort to aid the Republic of Vietnam in establishing an efficient infrastructure as head of Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) in II Corps. He is now retired and lives with wife, Carole, near Dallas.From the Hardcover edition.
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Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Presidio Press; New edition edition (March 2, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0891418369
ISBN-13: 978-0891418368
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4.2 x 1 x 7 inches
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I always wondered who were the first to serve in Berlin as an occupying force, and now I know. I first arrived in Berlin in Sep 1967. I went on to serve in Berlin for 54 months. I have been to freedom bridge were The U-2 piolet Francis Gary Powers was traded for the Russian spy. I was also detailed to guard the last Nazi prisoner Rudolf Hess in Spandau prison. I even met face to face Bob Hope at his 1969 Christmas show. As you can tell Berlin duty was the best assignments of my 20 years.prison
Over the years I have read many accounts of WW II Veterans and they all deserve our respect and awe at what they did during WW II. This book is by far one of the most honest accounts of what a platoon leader and then eventually the Captain of his company accomplished during WW II. If you are looking for a day by day account of a platoon and the story of the men of that platoon this is the book for you. Having spoken to Maggie since I have read the book, we as a country could not be prouder of what he and his men did to accomplish their mission of defeating the Nazis by May of 1945. Thank you sir!!!
Up front I have to say that this book was extraordinary in one incredible respect, Megellas relished killing Germans! Many veterans are coy on this topic for a host of legitimate reasons. Megellas is a clear exception, as he writes, "Our `Military Occupational Speciality' (MOS) became clear: kill our enemy, the German soldier; the alternative was to be killed by our enemy. To become successful in our MOS, we had to develop a profound hatred for certain other human beings". (pg 345) He also includes what he submitted to Cornelius Ryan (for his book `A Bridge too Far'), "We recognised that a job had to be done", by this he meant a grim one, a view he felt typified the airborne, before continuing with, "I found the business of killing and destruction an agreeable accomplishment". Later he regrets that the war in the Pacific ends, as he doesn't get to kill any Japanese! Given the usual tone on this issue, it was astounding to read such forthright statements. So no doubts about it - this is a combat memoir indeed!Megellas, like Moffat Burriss (Strike & Hold), is a member of the 3rd Bn of the 504th Para Regt and his war starts in Italy. He covers a few of the same themes, including the failure of British forces and his company being cut off, yet holding off large numbers of Germans. Megellas writes from his role as an officer, directing fire and breaking up attacks. It was all a bit general, until he mentioned writing to his brother, stating how many Germans he had killed!The 504th, after being rested during Normandy, was involved in Market Garden and Megellas crossed the Waal in that epic action. He includes a few recollections from others and this section reads more like a unit history rather than a memoir. His strongest stuff here though is during the later defensive phase. There is quite a bit on close quarter fighting (killing) and some hair raising night patrols. Indeed, there is some very good stuff on the mechanics of planning and conducting patrols from the point of view of an officer. Again Megellas writes of killing a number of Germans. The most astonishing story though concerns his involvement in the capture of Heeresbach following (during?) the Bulge. It seems his column of two companies was marching in, just as two German columns came marching out - essentially either side of the Americans. Rather than consider themselves surrounded (or outnumbered), the paratroopers attack and completely rout the Germans! It is an incredible action for which Megellas wins the Silver Star.The stunning part of this was that later he corrects an error on his citation by pointing out he actually killed more! Another trooper recalls Megellas running about counting out loud! It is scintillating stuff! Megellas is not boasting though. There is no long winded, blow by blow listing, but it is still one hell of a battle. The other really intriguing thing that was revealed, was Megellas' note that he thought that this now made him the leading `living' killer of enemy soldiers in his regiment. Implying that some sort of semi-official tally was being kept - something quite new to me. I know I've focused on the issue of killing here but the emphasis was just so different in this book compared to other memoirs. Killing is Megellas' business. At times he is quite brutal in how he expresses this. There is no reflecting on the humanity of the enemy or poignant descriptions of how their bodies came to lie. He keeps count but he doesn't mull over it. He just gets the job done and moves on. In mind, as well as body.As I said above, Megellas also includes a lot of accounts from comrades. These are much shorter than those in Burriss' book and don't interrupt the flow of the story as much. They still have the affect of shifting attention away from what Megellas is doing himself though. Again though, the inclusion of all these stories speaks loudly of the camaraderie that existed in the airborne. There is also the point that these men are actually carrying out Megellas' orders, so they do inform the reader of things that Megellas is closely involved in. Overall, these inclusions, usually just paragraphs and passages don't disrupt the flow of Megellas own narrative - indeed in the way he has used them, they mostly enhance it.This is one heck of a war book. Megellas' openness about killing really makes it stand out from the pack. It is well written and engaging and though it lacks the sensitive contemplation of Gantter for instance, there is a different emphasis and tone, it is an utterly compelling memoir of battle. And you are left in no doubt, that if you were a German soldier occupying your part in the line, the last person you would want coming for you, would be James Megellas! Highly recommended.
All Americans today owe a debt to these guys that can never be repaid. We all need to at the very least be grateful, respectful and understand it is now our responsibility to see that what these people fought and died for is not lost.
It's a bit troubling to see a couple of reviewers here complaining about Jim "Maggie" Megellas being "self-serving" and a "blowhard" because he's honest about the 82nd Airborne Division's WWII mission. That mission was to kill Germans and win the war. Maggie was very good at this as was his platoon, the 504 PIR and the 82nd, the greatest Airborne division of all. How else were we to win the war?"All the Way to Berlin" is the best Airborne book I've read and I've read a lot of them including S. Ambrose's "Band of Brothers". I've never understood why Ambrose, who taught at the University of Wisconsin passed up Wisconsin's greatest Airborne hero, Jim Megellas.Not to take anything away from the 101st Airborne, another bunch of terrific, fighting paratroopers, but no one fought harder and longer with less against formidable opposition than the 82nd. And within the 82nd, the 504PIR, 3rd BN, H Company was one of the best.My friend Bill Hannigan from St. Paul went all the way from Africa to Berlin with the 82nd. He became a squad leader in Maggie's platoon and is one of those paratroopers who knows Maggie best. Bill says Maggie was not only the best and bravest at killing Germans. "He cared about all of us. He did things for us. He's been a good man all his life."Bill is one of the dwindling numbers of Maggie's platoon who continues to work for the Medal of Honor which Maggie was originally put in for after his heroism at Herresbach. The platoon killed and captured 100's of Germans during that battle and as they moved into the town, Maggie single-handedly attacked and took out a Mark IV tank that threatened his platoon. This part of the action was somehow deleted from the paperwork as it moved through channels. Maggie then received the Silver Star instead of the requested MOH. Several years ago, Maggie's platoon friends resurrected the original MOH request and it is now the subject of a bill in the House of Representatives.Next month, Maggie - who is now 90 - starts a tour in Iraq where he will begin to deliver thousands of his books to the troops. Last year he visited his beloved 504 in Afghanistan where the troopers gave him and AR and 50 rounds of ammo and took him on patrol.You will see in this great book how Maggie holds paratroopers in special regard. And if you understand paratroopers and the famed 82nd Airborne Division you will know why we love Maggie and this book about our WWII Brothers.Tom Laney, EditorBadger Airborne NewsBadger State Chapter82nd Airborne Division Assoc.
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