Rudder: From Leader to Legend

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RUDDER NUMBER 115 Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University With the support and cooperation of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin RUDDER FROM LEADER TO LEGEND THOMAS M. HATFIELD T E X A S A& M U N I V E R S I T Y PR E S S College Station Copyright © 2011 by Thomas M. Hatfield Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hatfield, Thomas M. Rudder : from leader to legend / Thomas M. Hatfield.—1st ed. p. cm.—(Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 115) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-60344-262-6 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-60344-262-6 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-1-60344-263-3 (deluxe cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-60344-263-4 (deluxe cloth : alk. paper) [etc.] 1. Rudder, James Earl, 1910–1970. 2. United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 2nd—Biography. 3. United States. Army—Officers—Biography. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Europe. 5. Mayors—Texas—Brady—Biography. 6. Texas. General Land Office—Officials and employees—Biography. 7. Texas A & M University— Presidents—Biography. 8. College presidents—Texas—Biography. 9. Texas—Politics and government—1951– I. Title. II. Series: Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; no. 115. E745.H375 2011 940.54’1273092—dc22 [B] 2010034085 “Dirty Old Egg Suckin’ Dog” Words and Music by Jack Clement Copyright © 1965 Jack Music, Inc. Rights Administered by Universal-Songs, Polygram Int’l., Inc. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corp. Front endpaper map: “Rudder’s Texas,” a map of the state imposed on a drawing of the Texas A&M campus in 1932, with Rudder’s signature in upper right corner. Back endpaper map: “Rudder’s Europe,” a map of Western Europe showing locations that were significant in Rudder’s wartime service. FOR THREE GRAND LADIES OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Margaret Williamson Rudder (1916–2004) Sadie Hatfield (1895–1990) Nelda Rowell Green, executive secretary to President Rudder from 1965 to 1970 and THREE STRONG HATFIELD WOMEN Carol, Alice, and Sara ...