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Twentieth century warrior : the life and service of Major General Edwin D Patrick

Publisher: White Mane Pub. Co.,


Title Details
  • Twentieth century warrior :
Publishers
  • Shippensburg, PA, USA :White Mane Pub. Co.,c1995.
Descriptions
  • xvi, 240 p. :ill., maps ;24 cm.
Isbn
    0942597818 (softbound)
Subjects
  • Patrick, Edwin D., -- 1894-1945.
  • United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography.
  • United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 6th.
  • Generals -- United States -- Biography.
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number U 53 .P33 H44 1995
Status Available
Barcode 17838
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 0942597818 (softbound)
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - U 53 .P33
  • Item number - H44 1995
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - B
  • Edition number - 20
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Heefner, Wilson Allen,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1931-
Title Statement
  • Title - Twentieth century warrior :
  • Remainder of title - the life and service of Major General Edwin D. Patrick /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Wilson Allen Heefner ; foreword by Bruce Palmer, Jr.
Varying Form Of Title
  • Title proper/short title - 20th century warrior
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Shippensburg, PA, USA :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - White Mane Pub. Co.,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c1995.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xvi, 240 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill., maps ;
  • Dimensions - 24 cm.
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Bibliography, Etc. Note
  • Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-225) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - The forebears -- The formative years -- South to the border -- Over there -- The postwar years -- On a slow boat to China -- One of the old China hands -- One of Marshall's men -- The Leavenworth and Washington National Guard years -- Preparation for high command -- Prelude to war -- On Admiral Halsey's staff -- Chief of staff, Alamo Force -- TORNADO Task Force : Wakde-Sarmi, New Guinea -- Operation TABLETENNIS : Noemfoor Island -- With the "sightseeing sixth" from Sansapor to Dingalen Bay -- Assaulting the Shimbu Line -- Edwin D. Patrick as Division Commander : an assessment -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Organization and employment of divisional machine gun units in the AEF -- Silver Star Citation -- Legion of Merit (Oak Leaf Cluster) Citation -- Distinguished Service Cross Citation -- Distinguished Service Medal Citation (Posthumous) -- Combat Division Commanders Data -- Commanding General Comparative Data -- Chronology of Military Service -- Regular Army Promotions -- USNS General Edwin D. Patrick
  • Formatted contents note - List of photographs: Frontispiece : Major General Edwin D. Patrick, 1944 -- Patrick family, ca. 1905 -- Edwin and Alma Patrick, 1899 -- Captain Edwin D. Patrick, 1919 -- Senior SWPA Commanders at Alamo Force Headquarters Goodenough Island, New Guinea, December 1943 -- Brigadier General Edwin D. Patrick and Brigadier General Julian W. Cunningham at Arawe, New Britain, January 1944 -- Brigadier General Edwin D. Patrick at Memorial Day Service at USF No. 1 Cemetery, Toem, New Guinea, 1944 -- Lieutenant General Walter Krueger awarding Legion of Merit to Major General Edwin D. Patrick at Hollandia, New Guinea, September 1944 -- General Douglas MacArthur, Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, and Major General Edwin D. Patrick at Patrick's Command Post, Luzon, January 1945 -- Major General Innis P. Swift and Major General Edwin D. Patrick at Patrick's Command Post, Luzon, January 1945 -- Major General Edwin D. Patrick and Major John D. Humphrey at 1st Infantry Observation Post, Luzon, 1945 -- Major General Edwin D. Patrick's funeral procession, Manila, March 16, 1945 -- Interment of Major General Edwin D. Patrick's body, Manila, March 16, 1945 -- USNS General Edwin D. Patrick
  • Formatted contents note - List of maps: Operations of the Fifth Division in the St. Mihiel Offensive, Sept. 12 - Sept.17, 1918 -- Plan of attack of 1st Army, October 14, 1918 -- Operations of 1st Army, November 1-11, 1918 -- 14th Machine Gun Battalion Disposition, November 2, 1918 -- Relation of New Guinea to surrounding area -- CARTWHEEL operation -- Isolation of Rabaul, Madang Offensive, and Admiralties invasion, 1943-1944 -- Hollandia operation area -- SWPA operations, 1944 -- Wakde-Sarmi area, June 1944 -- Advance and withdrawal of 158th infantry -- TABLETENNIS operation, July-August 1944 -- Vogelkop operation, July-August 1944 -- Luzon operations, January 1945 -- Sixth Army advance, January 1945 -- Capture of San Jose, February 1945 -- Turning the Shimbu Left, February-March 1945 -- Site of Major General Patrick's wounding, March 14, 1945
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - Patrick, Edwin D.,
  • Dates associated with a name - 1894-1945.
Subject Corporate Name
  • Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States.
  • Subordinate unit - Army
  • General subdivision - Biography.
  • Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States.
  • Subordinate unit - Infantry Division, 6th.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Generals
  • Geographic subdivision - United States
  • General subdivision - Biography.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Biography.