Command Missions
Subtitle: A Personal Story
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 570
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
Description: Military memoir, limited to General Truscott's experiences in the second World War.
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: FOREWORD 9; title: Chapter One. COMMANDO MISSION 15; title: 1. A Mission Begins 15; title: 2. Breaking In 26; title: 3. Geneas of Allied Planning 40; title: 4. TORCH 56; title: 5. Operation JUBILEE - the Dieppe Raid 62; title: 6. End of Mission 72; title: Chapter Two. SUB TASK FORCE GOALPOST 79; title: 1. Preparing for Battle 79; title: 2. Off Solomon’s Island in Chesapeake Bay 84; title: 3. The Voyage 89; title: 4. First Battle 97; title: 5. The Battle on Shore 108; title: Chapter Three. COMMAND POST FOR IKE 114; title: I. Looking for Trouble 114; title: 3. Personality Problems 143; title: Chapter Four. INVASION OF SICILY 174; title: 1. HUSKY 174; title: 2. Invasion Training Center 182; title: 3. JOSS 192; title: 4. Capture of Palermo 222; title: $. Race for Messina 229; title: Chapter Five. SOUTHERN ITALY 245; title: 1. Mountains and Mud 245; title: 2. The Winter Line 274; title: Chapter Six. ANZIO 286; title: 1. Operation SHINGLE J86; title: 2. A Beachhead Established 301; title: 3. A Change in Assignment 349; title: 4. On the Road to Rome 357; title: Chapter Seven. THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE 381; title: 1. ANVIL Planning Problems 381; title: 2. DRAGOON Assault 409; title: Chapter Eight. AN ARMY COMMAND 447; title: 1. Return to Italy 447; title: 2. The Final Campaign 483; title: Chapter Nine. THE GERMAN OCCUPATION 507; title: Chapter Ten. AFTERTHOUGHTS 532; title: INDEX 557