Ian Gardner served for five years in Support Company,10th Battalion the
Parachute Regiment as a medic, before leaving the Territorial Army in 1993 due to a parachuting injury. Ian has always loved military history but it was several years after leaving 10 Para that his interest in WWII US Paratroopers really began. Inspired after a visit to Normandy in 2000 he decided to focus on the 101st Airborne Division and in particular the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Currently a
self-employed graphic designer, this book is his first historical work co-written with Roger Day. He is married, has two teenage children and lives near Aldershot in Hampshire.

Roger Day's family have lived in and around the village of Ramsbury, Wiltshire, for generations. During his childhood and early adult years he became very interested in the wartime history of the village and the surrounding area. In addition to co-authoring Tonight We Die As Men with Ian Gardner, Roger has previously written Ramsbury at War (1999) and a history of the World War II ammunition depot that was located in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire.

Foreword by Ed Shames, 3rd BN, 506th PIR
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. "Hit it - 13 weeks of pain" - Creation of the 506th PIR
2. "Time, gentlemen, please" - The 506th at Ramsbury, UK
3. "Here's to your dog tags" - Preparations for D-Day
4. "Jump into the fight" - Operation Overlord
5. "God, let me live til morning" - D-Night Part 1
6. "For Christ's sake, let's go" - D-Night Part 2
7. "A real feeling of victory" - D-Day: June 6, 1944
8. "No word from 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR" - D-Day + 1
9. "A pitiful sight" - D-Day + 2
10. "Don't shoot, we're Americans" - Regrouping and consolidation
11. "Still an American paratrooper" - POWs and counterattacks
12. "I ain't dead yet" - The battle of Bloody Gully , June 13 1944
13. "Things are pretty calm right now" - Operations on the Main Line of Resistance
14. "Go on Yank, have a drink" - Return to Ramsbury

Bibliography
Index