Honor Untarnished; A West Point Graduate's Memoir of World War II
New York: Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 304 pages. Illustrations. Includes Acknowledgments, as well as 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; Also includes Childhood and Early Years; West Point; Fort Sill/Fort Sam Houston/ and Fort Know/ 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; and The Ending. Donald Vivian Bennett (May 9, 1915 – November 28, 2005) retired as a four-star general from the United States Army in 1974. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1940. Bennett then served overseas in World War II in North Africa, Sicily, and in the invasion of the European continent. On 6 June 1944, Lieutenant Colonel Bennett, along with the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion which he commanded, landed with the second wave on D-Day. His party was subjected to a tremendous fire which inflicted 50 percent casualties. Observing that following units were pinned down on the beach, he assembled and reorganized the infantry assault companies, four tanks, and an antiaircraft unit. By redistributing the remaining officers and equipment he organized a sizable force and successfully assaulted the ridge. Lieutenant Colonel Bennett, in disregarding his own safety under such heavy enemy fire throughout the day, contributed to the establishment of the beachhead. More