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Old Hickory : the 30th Division : the top-rated American infantry division in Europe in World War II / Robert W. Baumer.

Author/creator Baumer, Robert W. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017]
Descriptionvii, 567 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Variant title Thirtieth Division
Portion of title Top-rated American infantry division in Europe in World War II
Contents Maneuvers -- Overseas into France -- St. Lo -- Cobra -- Mortain -- The rat rrace -- Closing the Aachen Gap -- The Ardennes -- Crossing the Roer and the Rhine -- Pursuit and surrender -- Afterword.
Abstract "The vividly detailed story of how the U.S. 30th Infantry Division--from the hill country of Tennessee and the Carolinas and nicknamed "Old Hickory" after Andrew Jackson--cemented its reputation as the best American infantry division of WW II with hard fighting in every major U.S. campaign in the European theater, from Normandy to Germany's surrender."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Baumer, Robert W. Old Hickory, the 30th Division. Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017] 9780811765718
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2017000916
ISBN9780811716253 hardcover
ISBN0811716252 hardcover

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks D769.31 30TH .B38 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold