The general and his daughter : the wartime letters of General James M. Gavin to his daughter Barbara /

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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 Jim? Gavin, as he was known to his troops, at the age of thirty-seven be...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gavin, James M. (James Maurice), 1907-1990
Other Authors: Wurst, Gayle, Fauntleroy, Barbara Gavin, Jorgensen, Starlyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
Subjects:
Gavin, James M. > (James Maurice), > 1907-1990 > Correspondence.
Gavin, James M. > (James Maurice), > 1907-1990
United States. > Army > Biography.
United States. > Army > Airborne troops > History.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army
1939-1945
Generals > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
Armed Forces > Airborne troops
Generals
Military operations, Aerial > American
United States
Biographies
History
Personal correspondence
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