Etched in Purple: One Soldier's War in EuropeFirst published in 1949, Frank J. Irgangs personal record of his unforgettable experiences as a combat infantryman during World War II has its beginning on the dawn of that famous longest day when Allied troops set foot on Normandy beaches. We know the surface facts of that invasionwhat was planned, how it was executed, and what happenedbut what most of us dont know are the thoughts of those brave men who fought their way across France and into