The Big Red One : America's legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm
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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2007.
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xiv, 594 pages : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm.
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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2007.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"The oldest continuously serving division in the U.S. Army, the "Fighting First" has consistently played a crucial role in America's foreign wars. The first American division to see combat and achieve victory in World War I, it set the standard for discipline, training, endurance, and tactical innovation. One of the few intact divisions between the wars, it was the first army unit to train for amphibious warfare. During World War II, the 1st Division spearheaded the invasions of North Africa and Sicily before leading the Normandy invasion at Omaha Beach and fighting on through the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, the Ruhr Pocket, and deep into Germany.
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By war's end, it had developed successful combined-arms and regimental combat teams and made advances in night operations." "James Scott Wheeler describes the 1st Division's critical role in postwar Germany and as the only combat division in Europe during the early cold war. After returning to the United States at Fort Riley, Kansas, the division fought valiantly in Vietnam for five trying years, successfully protecting Saigon from major infiltration along Highway 13 while pioneering "air-mobile" operations. It led the liberation of Kuwait in Desert Storm and kept an uneasy peace in Bosnia and Kosovo. Wheeler illuminates the division's organizational evolution, its consistently remarkable commanders and leaders, and its equally remarkable soldiers."--BOOK JACKET.
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Wheeler, J. S. (2007). The Big Red One: America's legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm . University Press of Kansas.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wheeler, James Scott. 2007. The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division From World War I to Desert Storm. University Press of Kansas.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wheeler, James Scott. The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division From World War I to Desert Storm University Press of Kansas, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wheeler, James Scott. The Big Red One: America's Legendary 1st Infantry Division From World War I to Desert Storm University Press of Kansas, 2007.
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