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1 online resource |
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Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Editorial Method; Foreword; Prologue; 1. Joining the Big Red One; 2. Overseas; 3. North Africa; 4. Sicily; 5. Preparation for D-Day; 6. Normandy; 7. Breakout and Pursuit; 8. Aachen; 9. Return to Europe; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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An infantry company commander in the U.S. Army's heralded 1st Infantry Division, Capt. Joseph Turner Dawson led his men through some of the most brutal battles of World War II. From the invasion of North Africa in late 1942 through Sicily and the assault on Normandy to the push toward the German frontier late in 1944, his length of service on the frontlines was extraordinary, and his heroism while holding off the Germans on a ridge near Aachen, Germany, is legendary. Based on Dawson's own combat journal, this book focuses on leadership in combat during the greatest human drama of the twen |
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UNITED STATES. ARMY. INFANTRY REGIMENT, 16TH |
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Historical |
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Military |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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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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English |
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Dawson, Joe, 1914-1998 -- Correspondence
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Dawson, Joe, 1914-1998 fast |
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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 16th (1869-1957)
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United States. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence.
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United States. Army fast |
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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 16th (1869-1957) fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Armed Forces -- Officers
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Military campaigns
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Offizier
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Heer
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Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Veldtochten.
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Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
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North Africa
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Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
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USA
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Personal narratives
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Personal correspondence
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Erlebnisbericht.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kingseed, Cole C. (Cole Christian), 1949- editor.
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| LC no. |
2005013475 |
| ISBN |
9781612515236 |
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1612515231 |
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