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