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050 00 $aUA27.5 1st$b.W485 2007
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100 1 $aWheeler, James Scott.
245 14 $aThe Big Red One :$bAmerica's legendary 1st Infantry Division from World War I to Desert Storm /$cJames Scott Wheeler.
260 $aLawrence, Kan. :$bUniversity Press of Kansas,$cc2007.
300 $axiv, 594 p. :$bill., maps, plans ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aModern war studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aLafayette, we are here : creation of the 1st Infantry Division -- Cantigny to Soissons -- Victory in Alsace-Lorraine : St. Mihiel and the Meuse Argonne -- Between the world wars : the twenty-year peace -- Mobilization for war : the expansion and training of the Big Red One, 1939 to November 1942 -- Tunisia : the division comes of age -- Offensive operations : Gafsa to victory in Africa -- The invasion of Sicily -- Operation Overlord -- Crusade in Europe : the drive to Germany -- The battles of the German frontier -- The last offensive against Germany : January to May 1945 -- The occupation of Germany and the Cold War -- The Vietnam War and the Big Red One : deployment and first battles -- The year of decision? : the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, 1967 -- Tet and the light at the end of the tunnel -- Conclusion : The journey continues.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bInfantry Division, 1st$xHistory.