No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Gregory FontenotSeries:American Military ExperiencePublish date:2023-06-14Pages:616
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Missouri PressISBN-13:9780826222848ISBN-10:826222846UPC:9780826222848Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & Conflicts, ModernBook Topic:United States, World War II, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 6.30 x 3.00 inchesWeight:2.1517Product ID:SCMPAT4RYS
Winner of the 2023 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History The U.S. 1st Infantry Division (1st ID), familiarly known as the Big Red One, adapted to dynamic battlefield conditions throughout the course of its deployment during World War II by innovating and altering behavior, including tactics, techniques, and procedures. Both the Division's leaders and soldiers accomplished this by thinking critically about their experiences in combat and wasting little time in putting lessons learned to good use. Simply put, they learned on the job--in battle and after battle--and did so quickly. In telling the Division's WWII story, which includes an extensive photographic essay featuring many previously unpublished images, Gregory Fontenot includes the stories of individual members of the Big Red One, from high-ranking officers to enlisted men fresh off the streets of Brooklyn, both during and after the conflict. Colonel Fontenot's rare ability to combine expert analysis with compelling narrative history makes No Sacrifice Too Great an absorbing read for anyone interested in the military history of the United States.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Missouri PressISBN-13:9780826222848ISBN-10:826222846UPC:9780826222848Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & Conflicts, ModernBook Topic:United States, World War II, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 6.30 x 3.00 inchesWeight:2.1517Product ID:SCMPAT4RYS
Gregory Fontenot is a retired Colonel of the U.S. Army. He is currently a consultant on threat emulation for Army experimentation and a working historian. He was lead author of On Point: The US Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom published by CGSC Press and is the author of The 1st Infantry Division and the US Army Transformed: Road to Victory in Desert Storm, 1970-1991, winner of the 2017 Army Historical Foundation award for Unit History, as well as Loss and Redemption at St. Vith: The 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
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