The General and His Daughter: The War Time Letters of General James M. Gavin to His Daughter Barbara
(Part of the World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension Series)
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James Maurice Gavin left for war in April 1943 as a colonel commanding the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division-America's first airborne division and the first to fight in World War II. In 1944, Slim JimGavin, as he was known to his troops, at the age of thirty-seven became the 82nd's commanding general-the youngest Army officer to become a major general since the Civil War. At war's end, this soldier's soldier had become...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0823226875
ISBN13:9780823226870
Release Date:March 2007
Publisher:Fordham University Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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