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Title: Paratrooper: The Life of Gen. James M. Gavin by T. Michael Booth, Duncan Spencer ISBN: 0-671-73226-9 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: April, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Biography of the Paratrooper Legend
Comment: This is the finest biography of the life of Jumpin' Jim Gavin, a legendary World War II leader. The other biography is written by Bradley Biggs and lacks the thorough research of Booth & Spencer's work. Read Biggs if you need a summary (and somewhat biased rendition) of Gavin's heroic life of service to the nation. Read this book if you want the details of Gavin's life in an impartial account - from his days as an orphan, then adopted growing up in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania to his WWII exploits, service as Ambassador to France under President Kennedy and his time as CEO of Arthur D. Little & Company. This biography presents the uncut version of the life of James M. Gavin.
Many former and current paratroopers still pay homage to the memory of this great man. Gavin is buried in the cemetery at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Each year on 6 June, his wife Jean, other family members, and members of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, both officers and enlisted, gather for a D-Day memorial to honor one of the greatest leaders of the war. Gavin led the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment on airborne drops into Sicily and Salerno, and later he led the entire 82nd Airborne Division on the Normandy and Market Garden jumps. It is a fitting tribute that the impact of his legacy still lives on in the hearts of the men and women who knew him and went to war with him. If you want to understand why his memory still inspires many of us in uniform, read this book. (You can also get more insight into the man by reading the several books that Gavin wrote himself, like Crisis Now, Airborne Warfare, and On To Berlin.)
Highly recommended for all paratroopers and anyone who interacts with military professionals.
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Title: On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborn Commander 1943-1946 by JAMES M. GAVIN ISBN: 0553341324 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1984 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Ridgway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in World War II by Clay, Jr. Blair ISBN: 1557502994 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander by Steven L. Ossad, Don R. Marsh, Martin Blumenson ISBN: 0878333088 Publisher: Taylor Pub Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Combat Jump : The Young Men Who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe, July 1943 by Ed Ruggero ISBN: 0060088753 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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