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Dogface soldier : the life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. / Wilson A. Heefner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heefner, Wilson Allen, 1931-
- Series:
- American military experience series
- The American military experience series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-1965.
- Truscott, Lucian King.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Biography.
- United States. Army.
- World War, 1939-1945--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2010]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826218827
- 0826218822
- OCLC:
- 456171096
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