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The soldier from Independence : a military biography of Harry Truman, volume 1, 1906-1919 / D. M. Giangreco ; foreword by Alonzo L. Hamby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giangreco, D. M., 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Military leadership.
- Truman, Harry S.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- United States. Army. Field Artillery, 129th. Battery D.
- United States.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1914-1918--Biography.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Artillery operations, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Depicts the military career of Harry S. Truman, the future thirty-third president of the United States, during World War I.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword by Alonzo L. Hamby
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Life of Napoleon
- 2. Corporal Harry S. Truman
- 3. Camp Doniphan
- 4. "No Trifling Test of Patriotism"
- 5. Jacobson & Trumanheimer
- 6. "Wondering if We'd Be Heroes or Corpses"
- 7. "Dizzy D"
- 8. "Un Secteur Tranquil"
- 9. Code Name "Chicago"
- 10. First Blood
- 11. 125 Miles of Mud and Rain
- 12. The Meuse-Argonne
- 13. "Go to Hell ... But I'll Try!"
- 14. Scratch Two Boche Batteries
- 15. Counterattack at Exermont
- 16. "Frenchmen Buried in My Front Yard and Huns in the Back"
- 17. "It's Over, Over There"
- 18. "Full and Immediate Separation"
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781640121539
- 1640121536
- OCLC:
- 1059419026
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