Название: Edward M. Almond and the US Army: From the 92nd Infantry Division to the X Corps (American Warriors)
Автор: Michael E. Lynch
Издательство: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813177987
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 440
Размер: 11,1 МБ
Язык: Английский
This study presents a comprehensive look at a complex man who exhibited an unfaltering commitment to the military and to his soldiers but whose career was marked by controversy. As a senior Army officer in World Wars I and II, Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond lived by the adage that "units don't fail, leaders do." He was chosen to command the 92nd Infantry Division — one of only two African American divisions to see combat during WWII — but when the infantry performed poorly in Italy in 1944—1945, he asserted that it was due to their inferiority as a race and not their maltreatment by a separate but unequal society.