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by James Baugh

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Author:
James Baugh
ISBN13:
978-0595278664
ISBN:
0595278663
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iUniverse, Inc.; First Edition edition (July 30, 2003)
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Leaders & Notable People
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James Maurice Gavin left for war in April 1943 as a colonel commanding the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the eighty-second Airborne Division-America’s first airborne division and the first to fight in World War II. In 1944, at age thirty-seven, Slim Jim Gavin, as he wa. . In 1944, at age thirty-seven, Slim Jim Gavin, as he was known to his troops, became the eighty-second’s commanding general-the youngest Army officer to become a major general since the Civil War. At war’s end, this soldier’s soldier had become one of our greatest generals-and the eighty-second’s most decorated officer.

Constantly tired and cyanotic, she had only months to live. James widow, Abigail, later married Lucy. Daniel Baugh and his first wife, daughter of Bolling Clark, were the parents of at least six children:- Mary Baugh,- James Baugh,- Elizabeth Baugh,- Susannah Baugh,- John Baugh,- Nancy Baugh. Daniel Baugh and Lucy (Brooks) Baugh were the parents of at least.

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The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls

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This tells the experiences of a country boy growing up in a small town in Georgia, going through school in a military environment and working on a farm. He worked his way through the University of Georgia and was called to military service just before going to the Medical College of Georgia. This is the story of how these experiences impacted his life.
  • Baugh was conscripted and was posted to the 82nd Infantry Division, before it was converted to an Airborne unit comprised of volunteers, but because he was assigned to the glider borne 80th Anti Aircraft/Tank battalion he remained a part of the division. His account is therefore a bit different to those of the paratroopers. He is not an overly enthusiastic soldier but like many, performed his duty.

    He goes initially to Africa but sees no action there and misses being involved in Sicily. He is subjected to a risk or two in Italy but essentially sees no action there either. By Normandy he is the battalion's transport officer and as such does not participate in the air assault, coming in over the beach on D+2. There are a few new things in what he writes about this event. He then drives a jeep around a bit between headquarters and is involved in fighting off a couple of French tanks. There is not a lot of detail here, though it was new to read about the 57mm anti-tank gun having success in battle. His major fight is Holland where he does land in a glider. Some of the stuff here was quite new in terms of preparation, including Baugh learning some aspects of flying a glider. There is quite a bit going on around him in the air and on the ground. Again though, he doesn't give too much detail and it's a briefer account than I wanted. Ditto for The Bulge, though here Mk IVs are dealt with by those 57s.

    Most of Baugh's memoir is spent writing about his experiences out of battle. He writes a lot about the places he is posted and the people that he meets. It seems he had a similar interest to Winters in this respect. He writes a bit about the general antics of US troops in the UK and he's a little less coy here. There were many willing women, many married. I am sure all these experiences were fascinating to him but from my point of view, he doesn't give sufficient weight to his battle experiences. He does write a fair bit about his senior commanders and he is quite cynical about their enthusiasm for pushing their units forward for operations. His writing is generally ok but there are some odd passages and paragraphing. Overall, Baugh as a glider-man provides a fresh perspective, (and a different attitude to that displayed by most of the paratroopers), but not a very interesting one in terms of combat which is the focus of my reviews. My rating - Of some interest.

  • James Baugh came home from ww11 and obtained a medical degree. In a small southern town he was instrumental in starting the community hospital and was a key leader in the medical community establishing a full service radiology department and a leading figure in the hospital management. He went on to serve as the Mayor of his town and continued to be key member of the community.