Title: Into The Fire: the 275th Infantry Regiment in WWII by Tim Desiderio (2005-01-18)
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1412015219
ISBN 13: 9781412015219
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Roy T. Veary
Condition: acceptable

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Into The Fire-The 275th Infantry Regiment in World War II details the record of a unique regiment - one of only a handful of regiments withdrawn from training months before it would have been certified "combat ready" and deployed to Europe - during the Second World War, based on archival research, period memoranda, and interviews. During an October 1944 visit to the European Theater of Operations (ETO), Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, agreed to send Supreme Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, as many additional regiments of infantry as he could, before Ike launched the final push into Germany. Neither anticipated a particularly active combat role for the regiments;rather, they were to be committed to relatively inactive sectors replacing exhausted combat weary regiments, so they could be temporarily withdrawn to rest and refit. There were, however, no infantry regiments ready (trained) for deployment, and Marshall decided to withdraw nine regiments from

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Tim Desiderio was a Regular Army officer (Armor) for twenty-five years, is a graduate of Park College (BA, Summa Cum Laude), the University of Oklahoma (MPA), and the US Army Command and General Staff College. He has been invested into the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara of the United States Field Artillery Association, is a life member of Mannheimer Post 9534, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of the San Francisco Post of the American Legion. Desiderio also holds life memberships in the 1st Cavalry Division and the Blackhourse (11th Armored Cavalry's Veterans of Viet Nam and Cambodia) Associations, and is an associate member of the 70th Infantry Division Association.

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