Infantry Reading List

Infantry Books

Roll Me over : An Infantryman's World War II by Raymond Gantter Marvelous WWII memoir by an infantryman, albeit a highly literate and sensitive one, who recorded his impressions via letters to his wife. This is a remarkable document, far more real than many a self-glamorizing memoir by persons of higher rank, or historian's reconstruction.  MilitaryReadingList Reviewer. Buy Paperback
Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose Buy Paperback | Buy Audio Cassette
Ranger Handbook by U. S. Army Infantry School Buy Paperback
Infantry Soldier : Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge by George W. Neill Buy Hardcover
BEYOND THE BEACHHEAD: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy by Joseph Balkoski, Stephen E. Ambrose Buy Paperback
The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson, John Keegan (Introduction) Buy Paperback
We Called It War! : The Untold Story of the Combat Infantry in Korea by Denzil Batson Buy Paperback
Jane's Infantry Weapons : 2000-2001 (Janes Infantry Weapons) by Terry J. Gander (Editor) Buy Hardcover
Hardee's Infantry Tactics CD-Rom Buy CD-ROM

The Infantry

I am the Infantry--Queen of Battle! For two centuries I have kept our Nation safe, Purchasing freedom with my blood. To tyrants, I am the day of reckoning; to the oppressed, the hope for the future. Where the fighting is thick, there am I…I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

United States Marine Corps Rifleman's Creed THIS IS MY RIFLE There are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. My rifle, without me is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than any enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will.... My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit... My rifle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my rifle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will... Before God I swear this creed. My rifle and myself are the defenders of my country. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is America's and there is no enemy, but Peace........................