
Airborne, North Africa
Rowan Drake
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
The heat came first, the kind that settles into your bones and never quite lets go. Then came the wind, kicking up sand through boots and rifles, through memory and time. But what stayed with him most wasn't the weather. It was the silence before the jump.
Patrick Donovan never expected to be among the first. Not to wear the boots of a paratrooper. Not to step out of a C-47 into a sky torn with tracer fire. But in 1942, when the world was on fire and history waited in the dust of North Africa, he was there.
From the brutal trials of training to the confusion of combat, Donovan's story is one of courage sharpened by fear, of loyalty forged in blood and grit. What began as a young man's escape from a quiet farm becomes a plunge into a war that will test everything—his endurance, his ideals, and his soul.
This is not a tale of medals or headlines. It is a ground-level story of the men who jumped without knowing where they'd land, and of the ghosts they brought home.
Duration - 9h 5m.
Author - Rowan Drake.
Narrator - Digital Voice Maxwell G.
Published Date - Thursday, 30 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Rowan Drake ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Rowan Drake
Digital Voice Maxwell G
Airborne, Hold until Relieved
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Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. The heat came first, the kind that settles into your bones and never quite lets go. Then came the wind, kicking up sand through boots and rifles, through memory and time. But what stayed with him most wasn't the weather. It was the silence before the jump. Patrick Donovan never expected to be among the first. Not to wear the boots of a paratrooper. Not to step out of a C-47 into a sky torn with tracer fire. But in 1942, when the world was on fire and history waited in the dust of North Africa, he was there. From the brutal trials of training to the confusion of combat, Donovan's story is one of courage sharpened by fear, of loyalty forged in blood and grit. What began as a young man's escape from a quiet farm becomes a plunge into a war that will test everything—his endurance, his ideals, and his soul. This is not a tale of medals or headlines. It is a ground-level story of the men who jumped without knowing where they'd land, and of the ghosts they brought home. Duration - 9h 5m. Author - Rowan Drake. Narrator - Digital Voice Maxwell G. Published Date - Thursday, 30 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Rowan Drake ©.
Language:
English
Title Page
Duration:00:00:11
Copyright Page
Duration:00:00:27
Dedication
Duration:00:00:41
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:08
Foreword
Duration:00:01:32
1 - Getting in
Duration:00:30:54
2 - More training
Duration:00:38:51
3 - Jump School
Duration:00:30:54
4 - Joy and Boredom
Duration:00:25:11
5 - Into the Unknown
Duration:00:34:50
6 - The Weight of War
Duration:00:27:31
7 - Alone in the Dark
Duration:00:29:06
8 - The Temptation of Surrender
Duration:00:29:44
9 - The Weight of Reflection
Duration:00:26:20
10 - Into the Lion’s Den
Duration:00:23:25
11 - The Road to Survival
Duration:00:26:58
12 - The Long Days
Duration:00:20:19
13 - Sened Station
Duration:00:28:05
14 - The Flank Watchers
Duration:00:58:15
15 - Brass and Blood
Duration:00:27:10
16 - Cut the Arteries
Duration:00:30:37
17 - Last Stand in the Dust
Duration:00:24:40
18 - Orders and Goodbyes
Duration:00:23:02
Afterword
Duration:00:02:01
Author’s Note
Duration:00:00:56
Further Reading: Rangers, North Africa
Duration:00:01:23
Also By Rowan Drake
Duration:00:01:07
About the Author
Duration:00:01:06