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Author Giangreco, D. M., 1952- author.

Title The soldier from Independence : a military biography of Harry Truman, volume 1, 1906-1919 / D.M. Giangreco
Published [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2018
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : black and white illustrations
Contents The life of Napoleon -- Corporal Harry S. Truman -- Camp Doniphan -- "No trifling test of patriotism" -- Jacobson & Trumanheimer -- "Wondering if we'd be heroes or corpses" -- "Dizzy D" -- "Un secteur tranquil" -- Code name "Chicago" -- First blood -- 125 miles of mud and rain -- The Meuse-Argonne -- "Go to hell-- but I'll try!" -- Scratch two Boche batteries -- Counterattack at Exermont -- "Frenchmen buried in my front yard and Huns in the back" -- "It's over, over there" -- "Full and immediate separation."
Summary Depicts the military career of Harry S. Truman, the future thirty-third president of the United States, during World War I
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 23, 2018)
Subject Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Military leadership
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
SUBJECT Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 fast
Subject United States. Army. Field Artillery, 129th. Battery D.
SUBJECT United States. Army. Field Artillery, 129th. Battery D fast
Subject Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1914-1918 -- Artillery operations, American
World War, 1914-1918 -- Biography
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Command of troops
Presidents
Soldiers
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781640121539
1640121536