For country and Corps : the life of General Oliver P. Smith / Gail B. Shisler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shisler, Gail B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States. Marine Corps--Biography.

United States.

Smith, Oliver Prince, 1893-1977.

Smith, Oliver Prince.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Oliver P. Smith fought at Peleliu and Okinawa and then commanded the 1st Marine Division in Korea during the assault at Inchon, the recapture of Seoul, and the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir. Called one of the twentieth century's great Marine leaders, Smith was known as an outstanding combat commander and a man of great intellect and moral courage. This biography, written by the granddaughter he helped raise, illuminates the general's remarkable life. It draws on interviews, oral histories and a thorough examination of letters held by the family and not previously available to researc

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE Beginnings; CHAPTER TWO Foundations; CHAPTER THREE Guam; CHAPTER FOUR Early Assignments; CHAPTER FIVE Haiti; CHAPTER SIX Schooling; CHAPTER SEVEN France; CHAPTER EIGHT Shadows of War; CHAPTER NINE Iceland; CHAPTER TEN New Britain; CHAPTER ELEVEN Pavuvu; CHAPTER TWELVE Peleliu; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Tenth Army; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Okinawa; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Postwar Politics; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Reconstituting a Division; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Inchon; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Seoul; CHAPTER NINETEEN Heading North; CHAPTER TWENTY Up the Mountain

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Under AttackCHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Breakout; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE To the Sea; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Aftermath; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Central Korea; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX After Korea; EPILOGUE Autumn of a General; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-59114-359-4

1-61251-176-7

OCLC:

817875623