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Review of The Last Cavalryman: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. by Harvey Ferguson

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Review of Henry Dozier Russell, The Purge of the Thirtieth Division

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Review of Ray and Steven Hanley, Arky: The Saga of the USS Arkansas

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Review of Patrick K. O’Donnell, Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc—The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe

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Review of Tim Brady, A Death in San Pietro: The Untold Story of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, and the Fight for Purple Heart Valley

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Review of The Last Cavalryman: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. by Harvey Ferguson

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Review of Henry Dozier Russell, The Purge of the Thirtieth Division

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Return to the Pentagon: Marshall and the Korean War

Marshall and the Korean War On July 24, 1950, George Catlett Marshall dashed off a note to his go... more Marshall and the Korean War On July 24, 1950, George Catlett Marshall dashed off a note to his goddaughter and confidante, Rose Page Wilson. "I have been trembling on the edge of being called again into public service in this crisis," wrote the general, "but I hope I get by unmolested, but when the President motors down and sits under our oaks and tells me of his difficulties, he has me at a disadvantage." 1 Twenty days earlier, on Independence Day, President Harry Truman had indeed motored to Marshall's home in Leesburg, Virginia, to discuss the crisis in Korea, which had begun when the Korean People's Army (KPA) of Communist North Korea violated the thirty-eighth parallel and invaded South Korea on June 25. Truman and his advisers incorrectly assumed that the Soviet Union had instigated the attack. 2 South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), was led by President Syngman Rhee; though corrupt, it was at least partially democratic and recognized by the United Nations. 3 "I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall communist leaders would be emboldened to override 189 192 CHAl'fER 8 EXTENSION OF THE DRAFT ACT "Extension of the Draft Act." Cartoon by James T. Berryman in the Washington Evening Star depicting ChiefJustice Fred M. Vinson (right) swearing in George C. Marshall (center) as secretary of defense in front of President Harry S. Truman (leji). Circa 1950. Courtesy Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Mo. Marshall before commanding the VII Corps in Europe. A third JCS member was the air force chief of staff, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, who had worked wit It Marshall in the War Department at the beginning of World War II. 14 One man who could not in any meaningful way be considered a Mar• shall protege, however, was Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of UN forces in Korea. MacArthur-a Medal of Honor recipient, the loser and subsequent liberator of the Philippine Islands during World War II, and the democratizer of Japan-had already enjoyed one of the most storied careers in American military history. His recent appointment as UN commander was in addition to his roles as head of the Far East Command and supreme commander for the Allied Powers in J apan. 15

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Arky: The Saga of the USS Arkansas

The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, 2015

Arky: The Saga of the USS Arkansas. By Ray Hanley and Steven Hanley. (Little Rock: Butler Center ... more Arky: The Saga of the USS Arkansas. By Ray Hanley and Steven Hanley. (Little Rock: Butler Center Books, 2015. Pp. 167. Foreword by Anthony A. Sirco, afterword, notes, bibliography, index. $29.95, paper.)Between its commissioning in 1912 and its sinking as part of the infamous Bikini atomic tests of 1946, the battleship U.S.S. Arkansas participated in the occupation of Veracruz in 1914, patrolled the east coast during World War I, and provided gunfire support for amphibious landings on Normandy, southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa during World War II. Ray Hanley and the late Steven Hanley, known for their extensive work in local Arkansas history, deliver an affectionate account of the career of the late dreadnought in this brief volume.Arky provides even coverage of the major incidents in the Arkansas's service record. In relating the events of World War II, the authors have relied extensively upon excerpts from journals kept by crewmen aboard the ship. The eighth chapter, &qu...

Review of The Last Cavalryman: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. by Harvey Ferguson

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Review of Henry Dozier Russell, The Purge of the Thirtieth Division

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Review of Ray and Steven Hanley, Arky: The Saga of the USS Arkansas

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Review of Patrick K. O’Donnell, Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc—The Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day’s Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe

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Review of Tim Brady, A Death in San Pietro: The Untold Story of Ernie Pyle, John Huston, and the Fight for Purple Heart Valley

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Review of The Last Cavalryman: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. by Harvey Ferguson

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