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General Collins was an extraordinary successful WW2 army commander from the South Pacific through Normandy to the end of the war in Europe....
Lightning Joe: An Autobiography by J.
Lawton Collins (166,000 words, 52 illustrations)
A native of New Orleans who graduated from West Point in 1917, General J. Lawton Collins was a division commander and later a corps commander in World War II, US Army chief of staff during the Korean War, and US special representative in Vietnam following the Geneva accords.
“General Collins was one of driving forces in our military leadership during World War II and the postwar period.
His autobiography, Lightning Joe, is a fascinating and dramatic account of those critical years, as well as a warm, personal story.” — W. Averell Harriman
“The route to leadership in combat is long, tedious, competitive and difficult.
General Collins’ splendid record indicates that he understood and mastered the challenge. Attaining the highest commands and acquitting himself in magnificent style, Joe Collins added brillia
