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020 _a0671732269 (hbk.)
100 1 _aBOOTH T Michael
245 0 _aParatrooper:
_bthe life of General James M Gavin
260 _aNew York:
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c1994
300 _a494p.
520 3 _aA biography of General James Gavin who joined America's first paratroop units. He then later came to command the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II, leading his men in various missions in Sicily, Italy, Normandy (D-Day invasion), Holland and The Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he became strategic planner to the Pentagon, President Kennedy's adviser and was also US ambassador to France.
650 _aAIRBORNE FORCES
650 _aBIOGRAPHIES
650 _aGAVIN JAMES
650 _aSECOND WORLD WAR
700 _aSPENCER Duncan
945 _i0003563
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_sY
999 _c16053
_d16053