Beetle: The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith

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BEETLE  The Life of General Walter Bedell Smith D. K. R. CROSSWELL THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Copyright © 2010 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com Maps from Thomas Greiss, ed., West Point Atlas for the Second World War: Europe and the Mediterranean, www.military.com/Resources. Photographs courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. 14 13 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Crosswell, D. K. R. (Daniel K. R.) Beetle : the life of general Walter Bedell Smith / D.K.R. Crosswell. p. cm. — (American warriors) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8131-2649-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Smith, Walter Bedell, 1895–1961. 2. Generals—United States—Biography. 3. United States. Army—Biography. 4. Statesmen—United States—Biography. 5. United States—History, Military—20th century. I. Title. E745.S57C75 2010 355.0092—dc22 [B] 2010026300 This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Manufactured in the United States of America. Member of the Association of American University Presses To my parents: by birth—Earl Edward and Kathleen Crosswell; and by choice—Willard James and Betty Marie Kaylor ...