Donald Burgett

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Donald R. Burgett
Born April 25, 1925 (1925-04-25) (age 83)
Donald Burgett
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1943-1945
Unit	506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Battles/wars	World War II: Operation Overlord Operation Market-Garden Battle of the Bulge

Donald R. Burgett (b. April 5, 1925) is a writer and former soldier. He was among the Airborne troopers whom landed in Normandy early in the morning of D-Day. He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division, The Screaming Eagles, and the now famous 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, made notable by the Band of Brothers mini-series. However, Burgett served in the 1st Battalion, 506th PIR.

Burgett parachuted into Holland as part of Operation Market-Garden with the 1st Allied Airborne Army, fighting for 72 days behind enemy lines. With just a few weeks rest he then entered the Battle of the Bulge, where the 101st, along with Combat Command B of the U.S. 10th Armored Division successfully held out against nine German armored divisions during the siege of Bastogne. He went on to fight through Operation Nordwind, on into Germany to the Ruhr Valley, the Rhineland, Bavaria, and Austria, and was one of only eleven men out of two hundred in his company to survive from D-Day Normandy all the way to Hitler's mountain retreat in southern Germany.

Burgett now lives in Howell, Michigan. Burgett has also done a number of History Channel specials on World War II.

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All his books are first hand accounts of his time spent in the United States Army during World War II.

Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy, the story of Able Company of 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
The Road to Arnhem, a first hand account of Operation Market-Garden.
Seven Roads to Hell
Beyond the Rhine: A Screaming Eagle in Germany