Mark Mortensen

George W. Hamilton, USMC

America's Greatest World War I Hero

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Produktbeschreibung

In its list of the "Top 10 Badass Marines," Leatherneck magazine declared that Major George W. Hamilton "never asked anyone to do anything he wasn't prepared to do himself...and do better." Indeed, the author of A History of the United States Marine Corps once called Hamilton "the most outstanding Marine Corps hero in World War I." A leader of the first major American assault on June 6, 1918, and the last ranking officer in the American Expeditionary Forces to learn that the war was over, Hamilton remained in the thick of the fighting from start to finish. Although he earned the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, the Croix de Guerre, and two Medal of Honor recommendations for his service, Hamilton's fame stalled when he died prematurely in 1922. With this first complete biography, Hamilton takes his rightful place among the first rank of American military heroes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780786463213
• ISBN-10: 078646321X
• Artikelnr.: 32737794

Autorenporträt

Mark Mortensen is a sales executive in the textile industry. His grandfather served under George W. Hamilton as a volunteer private sharpshooter.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements     
Preface     
1. Early Years     
2. Central High     
3. Off to College     
4. Becoming a Marine     
5. A Soldier of the Sea     
6. America Enters the Great War     
7. To France and a Time on Land     
8. Belleau Wood: Château-Thierry Sector June 6-26-Paris Is Saved     
9. Soissons: July 18-22-The Long March     
10. Saint-Mihiel: September 1918-The World's Most Awesome Bombardment     
11. Blanc Mont: Champagne Sector October 1918-The Acts of a Former United
States President     
12. The Meuse River and Armistice: Heroes to the End     
13. Assessment of the AEF     
14. The March to Germany: Belgium, Luxembourg and Christmas Letters     
15. Germany and Court Trials: Through Spring 1919     
16. His "Boys" Come Home: 1919 Summer and Beyond     
17. Days of Discontent: 1920     
18. Time to Fly: 1921     
19. Wings and Prayers: 1922      .     
20. Funeral     
21. Life Goes On     
Epilogue     
Appendix A     
Appendix B     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index