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Across the Face of France Liberation and Recovery, 1944-63

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This book describes aspects of the liberation of France in 1944. The author, who fought across France with the 134th Infantry, follows their approximate liberation route - from the Normandy beaches, Sainte-Mere Eglise, and Saint-Lo, through Orleans and Nancy, east to Sarreguemines and the Saar - and then revisits the towns ten and twenty years later. The book is not only a military history but a report on the social, economic, and political reconstruction of postwar France.
James A. Huston was a professor of history at Purdue University. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Indiana University and his Ph.D. from New York University. A rifle-battalion operations officer with the 134th Infantry which fought in France in 1944-45, he also served with the Office of the Chief of Military History and the Office of the Chief of Army Field Forces, U.S. Army, and held the Ernest J. King Chair of Maritime History at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I. The author also wrote Combat History of the 134th Infantry, Biography of a Battalion, The Sinews of War: Army Logistics 1775-1953, and some fifty articles on military and foreign affairs.
"A fascinating mosaic of La Belle France,which Yanks who have fought in this country, and the general public, will findintensely interesting . . . . A well-researched, factually loaded, and meticulouslywritten account."-American Legion Press
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