GDG- 29th Division

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/6/2008 7:46:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
elcarto at comcast.net writes:

Bruce  and all - I would second the recommendation for Joe's books. He's 
pretty much  the official historian for the Blue & Gray division, and has himself 
given  many tours in Normandy.  Dave Powell and I know him as a wargame 
designer  from way back, a career he has (unfortunately for us) slowed down on to  
concentrate on writing - Dave's going through much the same thing these  days.

In addition to the two books mentioned, his earlier "Beyond the  Beachhead: 
The 29th Division in Normandy" covers the 29th from it's formation  through the 
capture of St. Lo.  Excellent reading, and my copy resided in  the game box 
to his "Omaha Beach' game, now out of print. It covers the same  campaign - 
Omaha to St. Lo.

Joe is also a huge ACW and Gettysburg fan -  he was the original designer of 
the Great Campaign's of the American Civil War  series originally published by 
Avalon Hill and now by Multi Man  Publishing.  He lived for several years in 
what was originally the  railroad station at Fairfield Station, up against  
South  Mt.


I remember Joe Balkoski's name from years back when I was playing, uh,  
conflict simulations.  I haven't read his 29th Division book, but it is  somewhere 
on the slopes of "Mount-to-be-read".


Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT




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