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1 online resource (xiii, 301) : illustrations |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Editing; A Colonel in the Armored Divisions; One. The Infantry Board; Two. Lucky Thirteenth: I; Three. Lucky Thirteenth: II; Four. Eighteenth Armored Group (Amphibious); Five. Waves; Six. The LST; Seven. Guns and Bays; Eight. To the Second Armored; Nine. Taking Command; Ten. They've Got a Lot of Stuff in There; Eleven. Defeat; Twelve. To the Seventh Armored; Thirteen. Hunnange; Fourteen. Recapture of St. Vith; Fifteen. High Ground; Sixteen. In and Out; Seventeen. Remagen Rolandseck Bad Godesberg; Eighteen. The Autobahn War |
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Nineteen. On the Way to GiessenTwenty. To Hemer; Twenty-One. The Baltic Front; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index |
| Summary |
"In this memoir William S. Triplet continues the saga begun in his earlier book, A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917-1918. After serving in World War I, Triplet chose to become a career military man and entered West Point. Upon graduation in 1924, his assignments were routine - to regiments in the Southwest and in Panama or as an officer in charge of Reserve Officers' Training Corps units or of men sent to a tank school. All this changed, however, when a new war opened in Europe." "Through his annotations, Robert H. Ferrell provides the historical context for Triplet's experiences. Well written and completely absorbing, A Colonel in the Armored Divisions provides readers the rare opportunity to see firsthand what a real professional in the U.S. Army thought about America's preparation for and participation in the war against Germany and Japan."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award, 2002 |
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Triplet, William S., 1900-
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Triplet, William S., 1900- fast |
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United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Army fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Armed Forces -- Officers
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Tank warfare
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Offizier
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Erlebnisbericht
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Heer
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Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
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USA
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Europa
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Biographies
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Personal narratives
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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collective biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ferrell, Robert H
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| ISBN |
0826263607 |
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9780826263605 |
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082621312X |
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9780826213129 |
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