For country and Corps
Subtitle: the life of General Oliver P. Smith
By: Gail B. Shisler.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781591148265
Subjects: Smith, Oliver Prince; United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-311) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: Foundations; title: Guam; title: Early assignments; title: Haiti; title: Schooling; title: France; title: Shadows of war; title: Iceland; title: New Britain; title: Pavuvu; title: Peleliu; title: Tenth Army; title: Okinawa; title: Postwar politics; title: Reconstituting a division; title: Inchon; title: Seoul; title: Heading north; title: Up the mountain; title: Under attack; title: Breakout; title: To the sea; title: Aftermath; title: Central Korea; title: After Korea; title: Epilogue: Autumn of a general.