Title I marched with Patton : a firsthand account of World War II alongside one of the U.S. Army's greatest generals / Frank Sisson with Robert L. Wise.

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New York : William Morrow, [2020]

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Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies	92 BIOGRAPHY SISSON	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	940.5412 SISSON	Check Shelf
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level	BIOGRAPHY SISSON	Check Shelf
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Edition	First edition.
Description	290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents	Meet the man -- Ever hear of Weleetka? -- Hard decisions -- The big turnaround -- Coming back-- in time to leave -- Jumping off -- Uncovering the facts -- Crossing -- The war -- Meet General Patton -- Winter sets in -- The killing machine -- Paris survives -- Disaster looms -- The battle begins -- The sky turns black -- Tensions explode -- Rolling on-- regardless! -- Staying warm-- and alive -- Outmaneuvering the enemy -- Rapid rampage -- Crossing the Rhine -- Letters from home -- The Soviets -- On the road -- Rabbits -- Gruesome discoveries -- Marching on -- Closing in -- Obstinate -- Munich 1945 -- Catching our breath -- R&R -- Roughing it -- The Russians -- Change -- Paris -- Celebration -- A new wind blowing -- Police inspector on duty -- On the beat -- Running the streets -- Berlin at night -- A little marriage counseling on the side -- Left to die -- The curtain falls -- All good things come to... -- Going home -- Waking up -- Epilogue: A new side to the war.
Summary	"In December 1944, Frank Sisson deployed to Europe as part of General George S. Patton's famed Third Army. Over the next six months, as the war in Europe raged, Sisson would participate in many of World War II's most consequential events, from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of Dachau. Now ninety-five years old, Frank shares for the first time his remarkable story of life under General Patton." -- Inside front jacket flap.
	Published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Patton's death, a Third Army soldier's firsthand account of his service beside the history-shaping general relates his participation in key events, including the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Dachau.
Subject	Sisson, Frank, 1925-
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
	United States. Army. Army, 3rd -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
	Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.
	Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military.
	HISTORY / Military / World War II.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
Genre/Form	Autobiographies.
	Anecdotes.
	Personal narratives.
Added Author	Wise, Robert L., author.
ISBN	9780063019478 (hardcover)
	0063019477 (hardcover)

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