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Sharpen Your Bayonets
A Biography of Lieutenant General John Wilson "Iron Mike" O'Daniel, Commander, 3rd Infantry Division in World War II
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eBook - ePub
Sharpen Your Bayonets
A Biography of Lieutenant General John Wilson "Iron Mike" O'Daniel, Commander, 3rd Infantry Division in World War II
About this book
The first full-length biography of World War II general and Cold Warrior John Wilson "Iron Mike" O'Daniel, featuring "the very essence of the manā¦ who spent more time under fire with his front-line troops than behind the safety of his office desk." ā ARGunners.com
John Wilson "Iron Mike" O'Daniel was one of the U.S. Army's great fighting generals of the 20th century. He began his military career with the Delaware Militia in 1914, served on the Mexican border in 1916, received a Distinguished Service Cross in World War I, was Mark Clark's man for hard jobs in the early days of World War II, and commanded the storied 3rd Infantry Division from Anzio to the end of the war in Europe, ending the war in Salzburg after liberating Munich, and Hitler's Berghof and Eagle's Nest on the Obersalzberg, Bavaria, Germany. "Iron Mike "commanded I Corps in Korea 1951ā1952 and ended his career as the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam in the early days of American involvement there. LTC Stoy paints a vivid picture of this great American warrior who played an important role in World War II, became an ardent anti-Communist crusader after duty in Moscow as Military AttachĆ© 1948ā1950 as the Cold War intensified, laid the foundation for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and remained an ardent supporter of President Ngo Dinh Diem while serving as Chairman of the American Friends of Vietnam from his retirement in 1956 until 1963, shortly before Diem's assassination.
John Wilson "Iron Mike" O'Daniel was one of the U.S. Army's great fighting generals of the 20th century. He began his military career with the Delaware Militia in 1914, served on the Mexican border in 1916, received a Distinguished Service Cross in World War I, was Mark Clark's man for hard jobs in the early days of World War II, and commanded the storied 3rd Infantry Division from Anzio to the end of the war in Europe, ending the war in Salzburg after liberating Munich, and Hitler's Berghof and Eagle's Nest on the Obersalzberg, Bavaria, Germany. "Iron Mike "commanded I Corps in Korea 1951ā1952 and ended his career as the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam in the early days of American involvement there. LTC Stoy paints a vivid picture of this great American warrior who played an important role in World War II, became an ardent anti-Communist crusader after duty in Moscow as Military AttachĆ© 1948ā1950 as the Cold War intensified, laid the foundation for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and remained an ardent supporter of President Ngo Dinh Diem while serving as Chairman of the American Friends of Vietnam from his retirement in 1956 until 1963, shortly before Diem's assassination.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Early Days
- 2 World War I with the 5th Division Red Devils
- 3 Nogales, Arizona and the 25th Infantry Regiment
- 4 Interwar Years
- 5 Early Days in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) and Operation Torch, Commanding the 168th Infantry Regiment
- 6 Arzew, Algeria; Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, and Rome
- 7 FranceāOperation Dragoon, The Vosges, Alsace and the Battle of the Colmar Pocket; Germany and Austria in WWII
- 8 The Infantry Center and School at Fort Benning, Georgia
- 9 Moscow and Army Ground Forces
- 10 Korean War and Command of I Corps
- 11 Indochina and Vietnam
- 12 The American Friends of Vietnam and the Final Years
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography and Sources