Terrible Terry Allen
Subtitle: Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier
Publisher: Presidio Press
Published: June 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780891418344
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: Second World War; Military Personnel; Biography/Autobiography; Military History - World War II; World War, 1939-1945; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Europe; Campaigns; Military; Biography & Autobiography / Military; Army; United States; 1888-1969; Allen, Terry de la Mesa,; Biography; Generals
First sentence: Samuel Edward Allen, a nineteen-year-old youth with "coal black hair" and "beautiful white teeth" (in the words of a fellow plebe), traveled by railroad from his home in Posey County in Indiana to Cold Spring in New York, on 15 June 1877-he was bound for West Point.