This classic of military history tells the exciting story of the fall of St. Lô, the first major objective of the invading American armies in Normandy in June of 1944. Although St. Lô was intended to be taken within days of the landing, stubborn German resistance postponed the town's fall until July 18. Describes the bloody action that took place in the thirty days of fighting Author recalls how he led his battalion, dubbed "The Indestructible Clay Pigeons"