Series: Tom Doherty Associates Books. Hardcover: 304 pages. Bennett graduated West Point as the US was recognizing that World War I had not be the war to end all wars. He pulls no punches telling just how unprepared we were.

Series: Tom Doherty Associates Books. The book takes us through the war years and Bennett offers a lot of valid criticism. Among his targets are remfs (if you don't know, don't ask), generals who never get close to the front line to find out what is really going on, Bernard Law Montgomery, Ike (at times), and all the Patton bashers. He talks about our successes and failures objectively. More than that he talks about his own failures frankly.

Tom Doherty Associates book. A memoir of the Second World War from the perspective of a West Point graduate documents more than two and a half years of combat in Casablanca, Tunisia, Sicily, and Normandy, and the final days of the Third. A memoir of the Second World War from the perspective of a West Point graduate documents more than two and a half years of combat in Casablanca, Tunisia, Sicily, and Normandy, and the final days of the Third Reich. Childhood and early years - West Point - Fort Sill ; Fort Sam Houston ; Fort Knox - 1942 stateside - Casablanca - Tunisia - Sicily - England - Getting ready - June 6, 1944 - Normandy - Breakout and the race across France - Stalled - To the Ardennes -. To the Elbe - The ending.

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Honor Untarnished : A West Point Graduate's Memoir of World War I.

Honor Untarnished : A West Point Graduate's Memoir of World War II. by Donald V. Bennett. What the bestsellers Flags of Our Fathers was to Iwo Jima and Duty to the mission of the Enola Gay, Honor Untarnished is to the World War II tour of duty of young graduate of a West Point. Whether it was fighting Rommel's fierce Afrika Korps hitting the beaches of Normandy on D Day, surviving the Battle of the Bulge, or just. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read

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As a recent graduate of West Point, First Lieutenant Bennett was given the charge of training inexperienced and . This is the story of D Day, the Bulge, and the rest of the war. It differs from many recent books on similar events. because Don Bennett was actually there!

As a recent graduate of West Point, First Lieutenant Bennett was given the charge of training inexperienced and scared recruits, and leading them into battle against the Axis forces. From orientation at Fort Sill, Oklahoma through the fiercest battles of the war right up to the liberation of the death camps and our complicit confrontation with the Soviet Union over Eastern Europe, Don Bennett, not yet thirty, preserved the honor of the corps, and the liberty of the free world. because Don Bennett was actually there!

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Each year, hundreds of books are published about World War II. Most are written by historians trying to capture the essence of battle from manuscripts, notes, or diaries of foot soldiers who after 60 years or so attempt to capture their experiences as enlisted men. However, Bennett's. However, Bennett's experiences as a lieutenant colonel at the tactical level of command provide a unique perspective on the operational reasoning behind his units' actions in North Africa, Normandy, and the infamous Battle of the Bulge.

Authors Bennett continued in action throughout the war: in Sicily (he was in the .

General Donald V. Bennett (retired); with William R. Forstchen, P. Bennett continued in action throughout the war: in Sicily (he was in the next room when Patton famously slapped the soldier), at D-Day (taking command of infantry at Fox Green), Normandy, the Breakout, the Ardennes (helping hold the northern shoulder of the Bulge), and finally, to the Elbe. An unusual touch is that this book is written from the perspective of helping modern readers understand World War II - so the author goes out of his way to explain things to a younger generation.

General Bennett recounts his World War II experience in his memoir, Honor Untarnished, published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC in 2003. American army personnel of World War II. General Bennett also served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1966 to 1969. He was Commander of VII US Corps from June 1968 until September 1969, and Commander of . Forces Korea from September 1972 until July 1973. He retired in 1974 as commanding general of the . Army Pacific Command. People from Ottawa County, Ohio. Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States).