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Contents Foreword ix by Michael J. Meese, Brigadier General (ret.), U.S. Army Preface xi Contributors xiii 1 Hell on the Hudson 1 2 Upon the Fields of Friendly Strife 10 3 At the Post 16 4 Pass the Ammunition 22 5 Humble Honor 34 6 Baptism into War 49 7 Jump Time in Sicily 66 8 Dawn and Dusk 79 9 Gothic Fronts 92 10 The Nose of the Bulge 112 11 Contact at Houffalize 123 12 The Empire Is Unseated 133 13 Bittersweet Freedom 148 14 Victory Europe 158 15 Bombs Away 169 16 Bataan a Yard at a Time 175 17 Shifting Gears 189 18 Going Up, Under, and Over There 200 19 The Chill of the Cold War 218 20 Gazing into the Future 229 21 Little Gold Corvette 252 22 Anticipating New Fronts 263 23 Trials and Trauma of the Vietnam Era 275 24 Permission to Withdraw 287 Epilogue 304 Acknowledgments 307 Appendix: United States Military Academy Class of 1941 309 Notes 319 Bibliography 323 Index of Formations and Units 331 Index of Names and Subjects 333 Photographs follow page 168 Kazel-Wilcox - West Point.indb 7 3/19/2014 5:40:08 PM Kazel-Wilcox - West Point.indb 8 3/19/2014 5:40:08 PM ...

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