Balkoski said he had mixed feelings about the situation because Ambrose's books have done so much to interest the public in World War II books, and because Ambrose wrote the forward to a 1999 softcover edition of Beyond the Beachhead.

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"It was a strange experience, because of the situation with Paul mixed with the elation of getting there for the first time, " Holt said.

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From the get-go, the whole Roethlisberger situation has left me with mixed feelings.

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