A Cause Greater than Self : The Journey of Captain Michael J. Daly, World War II Medal of Honor Recipient /

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"A privileged, hell-raising youth who had greatly embarrassed his family--and especially his war-hero father--by being dismissed from West Point, Michael J. Daly would go on to display selfless courage and heroic leadership on the battlefields of Europe during World War II. Starting as an enlis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ochs, Stephen J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Daly, Michael J., > 1924-2008
Daly, Michael J., > 1924-2008.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Soldiers
Military campaigns
Medal of Honor
Armed Forces > Officers
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Medal of Honor > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Medal of Honor > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
United States
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hero-father
  • Born with a silver spoon "slightly bent"
  • A disappointment to his family
  • Initiation: D-day
  • Proving ground: the battle of Normandy
  • Becoming an officer
  • The Colmar pocket: winter heroism
  • The dragon's teeth: assuming command
  • "Discipline of kindness"
  • Götterdämmerung: the battle for Germany
  • Nuremberg and the Medal of Honor
  • Escaping the "hero's cage"
  • Epilogue: causes greater than self.

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