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The way of duty, honor, country : the memoir of General Charles Pelot Summerall / Charles Pelot Summerall ; edited and annotated by Timothy K. Nenninger.
- Title
- The way of duty, honor, country : the memoir of General Charles Pelot Summerall / Charles Pelot Summerall ; edited and annotated by Timothy K. Nenninger.
- Author
- Summerall, Charles Pelot, 1867-1955.
- Publication
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.
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- Additional Authors
- Nenninger, Timothy K.
- Description
- xiii, 298 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "A graduate of West Point, Charles Pelot Summerall (1867-1955) launched a distinguished military career fighting Filipino insurgents in 1899 and Boxers in China in 1900. His remarkable service included brigade, division, and corps commands in World War I, where he received the highest honors awarded by the military, including the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star. He served as chief of staff of the U.S. Army from 1926 to 1930 and then as president of the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he was instrumental in establishing the school's national reputation. In 1950 ... Summerall composed a detailed account of his personal and professional life on a yellow legal pad ... An opinionated man, Charles Pelot Summerall validates his actions and decisions, makes clear who his friends and perceived enemies were and explains why. [This book] is filled with his observations about a period of rapid transition for the U.S. Army, describing how the very nature of war changed irrevocably during his lifetime."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- American warriors
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : Charles P. Summerall in history -- The rock whence I was hewn -- The pit whence I was digged -- "And David was wise in all his ways and the Lord was with David" -- "We bid farewell to cadet gray and don the Army blue" -- Remember the Maine -- The little brown brother -- The land of the dragon -- Back to Manila and home -- The land of the midnight sun -- The coast defenses -- The caissons go rolling along -- To West Point -- To Texas and Fort Myer -- The War Department -- The World War -- Over there -- Soissons : the decisive battle of the war -- Recovery -- The St. Mihiel salient -- The second phase of the Meuse-Argonne -- The Adriatic and peace -- Home and the First Division -- Camp Dix, New Jersey -- Hawaii -- Return to the states -- From Texas to New York -- Chief of Staff -- The wanderer's return -- The Citadel -- The men who influenced my life.
- ISBN
- 9780813126180 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813126185 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2010030431
- OCLC
- 639159512
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library