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Old Breed General : How Major General William Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese from Guadalcanal to Peleliu by Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown (2022, Hardcover)

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In World War II, Rupertus commanded during four important battles: Tulagi and Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign; the Battle of Cape Gloucester; and Peleliu. These skills allowed Rupertus to crush the enemy in the malaria-infested jungles of the Pacific and personally escort Eleanor Roosevelt on her tour of the Pacific.Old Breed General is the biography of Rupertus and the story of the Marines at war in the Pacific.

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PublisherStackpole Books

ISBN-100811770346

ISBN-139780811770347

eBay Product ID (ePID)4050073357

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Book TitleOld Breed General : How Major General William Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese from Guadalcanal to Peleliu

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, World

Publication Year2022

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorAmy Rupertus Peacock, Don Brown

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight25.9 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-027493

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"What a truly inspirational biography! This was truly one of America's great military leaders in the Pacific in WW2. The hardships that he and his troops experienced were heartbreaking. This is a must read for the history enthusiast!" --Ron Baumer, NetGalley Reviewer, NetGalley Review: 5 starsLast updated on 07 Nov 2021"This is just a good WWII read!... This book told the detailed story of Marines of the 1st Marine Division "the Old Breed" and their leader Maj.Gen. William Rupertus. The author's tells of the personal side of Rupertus' life, including the loss of his first wife and two children while stationed in China in the 1930's. They go on to give an in-depth look his leadership in the island hopping campaign from Guadalcanal to Peleliu, and some of the smaller, less reported battles of the war. The authors do an great job giving vivid details to events and Rupertus' decision making, One of the author's personal relationship to the General and her access to his personal writings and papers brought the story to life. "--Jim Furno, educator at Polk State College, "All present-day Marines should read this book. Gen. Rupertus was the one of the most highly experienced leaders of WWII. Before the Peleliu nightmare, he had served in WWI, the Banana Wars, 1930's Peking, and alongside the Maoist-oriented Raiders on Guadalcanal. At Peleliu, his 1st Marine Division then faced the most difficult terrain of WWII. Umurbrogol Mountain was not just covered by a maze of caves and jagged coral, but fully hollowed out by erosion. So, while Chesty Pullers' 1st Marines were trying to climb this mountain to quiet the Japanese artillery at its top before the 25,000 Japanese on another Palau island could counterattack, Nipponese soldiers kept popping up behind them. Through on-the-job training, Chesty's boys soon learned how to move across severely broken terrain in a loosely controlled line of semi-autonomous fireteams. This nontraditional skill would later allow them (under a different commander) to occupy Shuri Castle atop Okinawa's infamous defense line. But their former general Rupertus also deserves some credit for that key WWII victory. He had been the one to develop the Rifleman's Creed. So, he considered each rifleman to have strategic value. Only then could fireteams of this caliber be formed.As magnificent as that effort was on Peleliu, it had still come with a price. And that island would be remembered as the most costly amphibious landing of WWII. Following Admiral Halsey's suggestion that the Peleliu landing may not have been necessary, Rupertus became widely rumored to have followed too high a tempo of operations. Only recently has the tactical sophistication of Peleliu's defenders been realized. But, Gen. Rupertus' reputation had still been tarnished, and he died of a broken heart three months later. With this book, the record should be set straight. The entire 1st Marine Division had performed exceptionally well at Peleliu and then went on to win the most important engagement of WWII in the Pacific. Rest in peace, fine general. The Corps was so sad about Peleliu's loss of life that it was slow to realize its degree of accomplishment."--H. John Poole, author of "Peleliu Progress", "As a Vietnam veteran I thought of the differences and similarities of warfare and technology as I read Old Breed General. The Japanese had dug extensive underground tunnel systems and pillboxes that were largely unscathed by heavy Naval shelling. In Vietnam they had the tunnels with living quarters and underground hospitals. The tunnels often had to be cleared by small Marine, "Tunnel rats," who crawled into the tunnels with a flashlight and a pistol. In Vietnam there were mass assaults from the enemy, but I doubt any matched the attack on Henderson Field at Guadalcanal. I was fascinated to read General Rupertus was the Commanding General during the Battle of Henderson Field with two Marine Corps legends under his command, Chesty Puller and SSgt. John Basilone. I was surprised to learn Chesty Puller was a Lt.Col. during that battle. By Peleliu he was Col. Puller. It's difficult to think of Chesty Puller not having General before his name. Amy mentions that although these battles have been covered by other writers before, other authors did not have access to Maj.Gen. Rupertus' personal diaries. There is a lot of personal insight added with his personal letters with his wife, and the loss of men under his command who he had grown to know and respect. I particularly liked the book broken into short chapters with headings of the locations and times of action sometimes broken into quarter hour segments as a battle developed. Amy and Don also have some of the progressing battle sequences written from a Japanese perspective. I preferred the extensive pictures and maps spread through the book with the pertinent texts instead of being in the center of the book as I have found in many books. There is an extensive bibliography in the back of the book."--John Craig, USMC retired

Dewey Decimal355.0092

SynopsisMarine general William H. Rupertus is best known today for writing the Corps' Rifleman's Creed, which begins, "This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine"--which has been made famous by films such as Full Metal Jacket and Jarhead . Rupertus was one of the outstanding Marines of the twentieth century, standing alongside men such as Smedley Butler, Chesty Puller, and Arthur Vandegrift, but he died in 1945, so his story has never been told. Rupertus "made his bones" in the USMC's "savage wars of peace" before World War II: Haiti for three years after World War I, China in 1929 (where he lost his wife and children to the scarlet fever epidemic) and again in 1937 (where he witnessed the beginning of Japan's war against China that turned into the Pacific War of World War II). In World War II, Rupertus commanded during four important battles: Tulagi and Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign; the Battle of Cape Gloucester; and Peleliu. It was a series of blistering battles--and ultimately victories--that helped break the back of the Japanese and pave the way for American victory. In the course of these battles, Rupertus became the Patton of the Pacific--ruthless in war, always on the attack, merciless against the enemy, undefeated in battles--even as he proved himself very much like Eisenhower, suavely diplomatic and able to balance war with politics. These skills allowed Rupertus to crush the enemy in the malaria-infested jungles of the Pacific and personally escort Eleanor Roosevelt on her tour of the Pacific. Old Breed General is the biography of Rupertus and the story of the Marines at war in the Pacific. This is an American story of love, loss, shock, horror, tragedy, and triumph that focuses on Rupertus and the 1st Marine Division in World War II, but which resonates through the 1st, to Chosin in Korea and James Mattis's command in Iraq., Marine general William Rupertus is best known today for writing the Corps' Rifleman's Creed, which begins, "This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine" - which has been made famous by films such as Full Metal Jacket and Jarhead. Rupertus was one of the outstanding Marines of the twentieth century, standing alongside men such as Smedley Butler, Chesty Puller, and Arthur Vandegrift, but he hasn't yet received his due. Rupertus "made his bones" in the USMC's "savage wars of peace" before World War II: Haiti for three years after World War I, China in 1929 (where he lost his wife and children to Spanish flu) and again in 1937 (where he witnessed the beginning of Japan's war against China that turned into the Pacific War of World War II). In World War II, Rupertus commanded during four important battles: Tulagi and Henderson Field during the Guadalcanal campaign; the Battle of Cape Gloucester; and Peleliu. It was a series of blistering battles - and ultimately victories - that helped break the back of the Japanese and pave the way for American victory. In the course of these battles, Rupertus became the Patton of the Pacific - ruthless in war, always on the attack, merciless against the enemy, undefeated in battles - even as he proved himself very much like Eisenhower, suavely diplomatic and able to balance war with politics. These skills allowed Rupertus to crush the enemy in the malaria-infested jungles of the Pacific and personally escort Eleanor Roosevelt on her tour of the Pacific. Old Breed General is the biography of Rupertus and the story of the Marines at war in the Pacific. This is an American story of love, loss, shock, horror, tragedy, and triumph that focuses on Rupertus and the 1st Marine Division in World War II, but which resonates through the 1st, to Chosin in Korea and James Mattis's command in Iraq.

LC Classification NumberD769.37 1st.R87 2021