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A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead, " that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany--against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf--and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II.At twenty-eight, Sam Hogan is one of the youngest lieutenant colonels in the US Army. The West Point graduate from Texas stands...

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A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead, " that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany--against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf--and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II.At twenty-eight, Sam Hogan is one of the youngest lieutenant colonels in the US Army. The West Point graduate from Texas stands...

A fourth-generation soldiers tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the ?Spearhead, ? that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany?against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf?and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II. At twenty-eight, Sam Hogan is one of the youngest lieutenant colonels in the US Army. The West Point graduate from Texas stands...

In an era when scholarly writing on Texas history gave disproportionate emphasis to military and political history and "great men, " this book emphasized the lives of ordinary people as well as of the legendary figures of the Republic period.