Viking of Assault: Admiral John Lesslie Hall, Jr., and Amphibious Warfare

Rating:
Summary: Suzy made it a bit pompous but it's good...
Review: The book on my grandfather, named a ship after him...a southern gentlemen in the old style, of incredible modesty and reserve. Put patton in at all his landings and ran a beach at D-Day. Used to sit and listen to him talk about his experiences in the pacific and european theaters. Took the pistol of the french general in command of algeria rather than his sword as the article of surrender...Suzy, my relative, did her phD thesis on this and was a little less than objective, but still quite an interesting book about the man.

Rating:
Summary: Suzy made it a bit pompous but it's good...
Review: The book on my grandfather, named a ship after him...a southern gentlemen in the old style, of incredible modesty and reserve. Put patton in at all his landings and ran a beach at D-Day. Used to sit and listen to him talk about his experiences in the pacific and european theaters. Took the pistol of the french general in command of algeria rather than his sword as the article of surrender...Suzy, my relative, did her phD thesis on this and was a little less than objective, but still quite an interesting book about the man.