A colonel in the armored divisions
Subtitle: a memoir, 1941-1945
By: William S. Triplet ; edited by Robert H. Ferrell.
Contributors: Ferrell, Robert H.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Columbia, MO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Triplet, William S., 1900-; United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: "In this memoir William S. Triplet continues the saga begun in his earlier book, A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917-1918. After serving in World War I, Triplet chose to become a career military man and entered West Point. Upon graduation in 1924, his assignments were routine - to regiments in the Southwest and in Panama or as an officer in charge of Reserve Officers' Training Corps units or of men sent to a tank school. All this changed, however, when a new war opened in Europe.".

"Through his annotations, Robert H. Ferrell provides the historical context for Triplet's experiences. Well written and completely absorbing, A Colonel in the Armored Divisions provides readers the rare opportunity to see firsthand what a real professional in the U.S. Army thought about America's preparation for and participation in the war against Germany and Japan."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.