Terrible Terry Allen

Terry de la Mesa Allen was one of the most remarkable soldiers in American military history. He failed out of West Point twice, yet ended up as a fearless battalion commander during World War I' personally leading patrols into no-man's-land.During World War II, following hard and successful combat in North Africa and Sicily, Major General Allen was 'fired' by Gen. Omar Bradley from command of the army's 1st Infantry Division for lax personal and unit discipline. Within a year, he was back in combat in command of the crack 104th Division Timberwolves, the first unit to reach the Elbe River and link up with the Soviet Union's Red Army'an event that marked the practical end of the war in the Europe. Loved by his soldiers and barely tolerated by the high command, Allen compiled one of the most successful combat records of any American general in any war.

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Title of ebook: Terrible Terry Allen
ISBN: 9780307547958
parent-ISBN: 9780891418344
Publisher: Presidio Press
Internet download file size: 4754 kb
Pages: 400
Published: 12-2008
Released online for download: 12-24-2008
Author of eBook: Astor, Gerald

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Terrible Terry Allen

Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier

Chapter One

Terry Allen's West Point

Sam Allen settled into the role of a garrison officer without the credentials conferred upon those who actually went to war or commanded troops in the field. After his tour at Fort Monroe during the Spanish-American War, he served at a number of field, and then coast, artillery posts, which became a separate bunch in 1907. He oversaw coast artillery unites in the harbors of Boston, New York, and Pensacola; slowly he rose up in rank. In 1901, the Allens had their third child, Mary Conchita de la Mesa Allen.

Terry Allen's acquaintance with West Point began with his father's tour as a teacher. Between the ages of three and seven, he feasted on the panorama of smartly uniformed young men amid a citadel that crowned the scenic splendor of massive fortress-type buildings ensconced on the shores of a magnificent river. There was pomp and circumstance aplenty to seduce the imagination of a boy, and over the years Samuel Allen undoubtedly transmitted to Terry his nostalgic affect ... read full excerpt from Terrible Terry Allen ebook

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