Allies book alan gratz6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() With his free hand, Dee grabbed Sid’s shoulder. ![]() Sid had been right below Dee on the ladder, and now they were face-to-face. “For crying out loud, Dee, you just about killed yourself before the Germans could do it for you,” Sid said. Dee pulled his feet up in time to keep them from getting crushed as the motor- boat drifted back to clang against the side of the trans- port ship.ĭee took a deep breath and closed his eyes in relief. With shaking, frozen hands, Dee fumbled until he was clinging to the side of the ladder. “Grab on!” his friend Sid Jacobstein yelled. Dee jolted, then swung into the side of the ship with a thump. Dee dropped like a stone toward the cold black water of the English Channel.Ī hand shot out and caught the pack on Dee’s back. At the same instant, a gap opened up between the huge transport ship he was leaving and the little motorboat he was supposed to be climbing into. He scrabbled for a handhold, but the weight of his pack and his rifle dragged him down. Just before dawn on the English Channel A-HUNTING WE WILL GOĭee Carpenter’s foot slipped off the wet ladder and his stomach lurched into his throat. Read an excerpt from Alan Gratz's upcoming novel Allies below. ![]() On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the shores of German-occupied France in the largest military endeavor in history. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, which changed the course of WWII. ![]()
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