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Dogface soldier : the life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
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Title
Dogface soldier : the life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. / Wilson A. Heefner.
ISBN
9780826218827 (cloth : alk. paper)
0826218822 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2010.
Physical Description
xv, 377 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Variant and related titles
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 18, 2010
Series
The American military experience series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-357) and index.
Contents
Introduction: To think like an army
The early years
On the road to high command
Prelude to war
Birth of the rangers
Operation TORCH : the invasion of North Africa
Duty with Ike
Operation HUSKY : the battle for Sicily
Fighting on the "Boot"
Anzio and the road to Rome
Southern France
Army command
The final offensive
The postwar years
Duty with the CIA
The last years.
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