Paratrooper : The Life of General James M. Gavin
Language: English
Published by Casemate Publishers, Philadelphia, 2013
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Dust jacket is fully intact. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Overall, very sound and presentable. Size: 22.9 x 15.9 x 4.4 cm. 496 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Gavin, James M (James Maurice), 1907-1990; Generals -- United States -- Biography; United States Army -- Biography; United States Army -- Airborne troops -- History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; ISBN: 1612001270. ISBN/EAN: 9781612001272. Add. Inventory No: 260616RSK017004.
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- Paratrooper : The Life of General James M. Gavin
- Author
- T. Michael Booth
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- Casemate Publishers, Philadelphia
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- 2013
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- English
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- 1612001270
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- 9781612001272
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His first combat jump was in Sicily, where as a battalion commander he found his men scattered all over the landscape in one of airborne’s greatest fiascos. Yet his stand with a few stalwarts at Biazza Ridge is credited with saving the U.S. invasion front. In Normandy, as assistant division commander of the 82nd Airborne, he won the eternal affection of his men for continuing to lead in combat, M-1 slung over his shoulder, even as his paratroopers were similarly scattered and faced German fire on all sides. His cool leadership served to coalesce the paratrooper bridgehead behind enemy lines until infantry from the beaches could finally reach them.
During Operation Market Garden, now as commander of the 82nd, Gavin wrote a new chapter in paratrooper heroism, seizing all his objectives despite a serious spinal injury on landing. With hardly a respite after the grueling campaign in Holland, Gavin and his men were called upon for perhaps their most dangerous task - stemming the German onslaught during the Battle of the Bulge.
After the war Gavin continued to earn as much respect from policymakers as he had from his men, providing commentary on our Cold War stance, the war in Vietnam, and as Kennedy’s ambassador to France. He was not an unflawed individual, as this comprehensive biography reveals, but an exceptional one in every sense, especially during his days of combat leadership during history’s greatest war.
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