From Omaha Beach to Nuremberg

A tough Jewish kid from the Bronx, Dan Altman enlisted in the Army when the US entered World War II. On D-Day, Altman's unit was among the second wave to the assault the German defenses at Normandy. Beginning with his plunge into the blood-tinged surf at Omaha Beach, his candid, often graphic memoir is presented here as told to his granddaughter.