Buffalo Soldiers; The 92nd Infantry Division and Reinforcements in World War II, 1942-1945
Manhattan, KS: Sunflower University Press, 1999. Second Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. ix, [1], 245, [1] pages. Folding map. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Appendices. Index. Slight wear and soiling. Colonel Arnold graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1935, the Field Artillery School, the Command and General Staff College, the Army Artillery School and the Naval War College. His decorations include: Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with cluster, Joint Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with cluster, Office, Order of the British Empire by King George VI of England and Cross of War (Italian) by King Umberto II of Italy. He served as the Plans and Operations Officer for the 92nd Division in Italy. From 1945 to 1946 he was the Commander, 337th Field Artillery Battalion of the 88th Division on the Morgan Line between Italy and Yugoslavia. Later he was Special Assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Arms Control and Disarmament and a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Geneva Eighteen Nation Conferences from 1964 to 1967, when he retired. The 92nd Infantry Division was a segregated infantry division of the United States Army that served in both World War I and World War II. The division was organized in October 1917, after the U.S. entry in World War I, at Camp Funston, Kansas, with African American soldiers from all states. In 1918, before leaving for France, the American buffalo was selected as the divisional insignia due to the "Buffalo Soldiers" nickname, given to African American cavalrymen by Native Americans in the 19th century. The "Buffalo Soldiers Division" divisional nickname was inherited from the 366th Infantry, one of the first units of the division organized. The 92nd Infantry Division was the only African American infantry division to see combat in Europe during World War II, as part of the U.S. Fifth Army, fighting in the Italian Campaign. The division served in the Italian Campaign from 1944 to the war's end. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Buffalo Soldiers, 92nd Infantry, African-Americans, Fifth Army, 370th Regimental Combat Team, North Apennines Campaign, Gothic Line, Task Force 92, Po Valley Campaign, Viareggio, 15th Army Group
ISBN: 0897451279
[Book #77179]
Price: $37.50