Military History's Most Wanted
| Author | : M. Evan Brooks |
| Publisher | : Potomac Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 373 |
| Release | : 2002-05-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781597974608 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1597974609 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (609 Downloads) |
Download or read book Military History's Most Wanted written by M. Evan Brooks and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944 U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Leslie J. McNair was accidentally killed by USAAF bombers that dropped their bombs short of the target, thus becoming the highest-ranking American casualty of World War II. Union Gen. Daniel Sickels was the first person to be successfully acquitted of murder by pleading temporary insanity after he shot and killed the son of "Star-Spangled Banner" composer Francis Scott Key in cold blood. Ten years before Custer's infamous last stand, U.S. cavalry Capt. William J. Fetterman disobeyed orders and led his eighty-man detachment in pursuit of a band of Sioux Indians. Neith.
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