Wilson A. Heefner is the author of Patton's Bulldog: The Life and Service of General Walton H. Walker and Twentieth Century Warrior: The Life and Service of Major General Edwin D. Patrick. He lives in Stockton, California.
"At last, a biography and a subject worthy of each other! Heefner's
exhaustive archival research reveals the life of one of the most
important but least known generals of World War Two, General Lucian
Truscott. Critically, the author does not finish his account of the
general's life with the end of public glory in 1945. Great events
were stirring, and Truscott continued to be part of them. He served
as the senior CIA officer in postwar Germany at the height of the
Cold War, and Heefner has been able to uncover many new details of
this period in the general's life. The author integrates these key
roles of Truscott's career into a seamless whole--the story of a
life devoted to service."--Caroline Cox, University of the Pacific,
author of A Proper Sense of Honor: Service and Sacrifice in George
Washington's Army
"Instead of churning out another biography on Eisenhower or Patton,
Heefner once again has written a masterful biography on a lesser
known--but nonetheless important--American commander in World War
II. Dogface Soldier stands alongside his biographies of Edwin D.
Patrick and Walton H. Walker, men who may not be household names
but contributed significantly to Allied victory. Truscott earned
the respect of such figures as Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C.
Marshall, and now Heefner explains what made Truscott worthy of
that trust. Historians and military professionals are in debt to
Heefner."--Kevin C. Holzimmer, author of General Walter Krueger:
Unsung Hero of the Pacific War
"Lucian Truscott has long been thought of as one of the U.S. Army's
most competent commanders, yet, until now, he has fallen into
relative obscurity. Wilson Heefner brings Truscott back to life
with a first-rate biography that is richly researched and very
engaging. Well done!"--Mitchell A. Yockelson, author of Borrowed
Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918
"Wilson Heefner has produced a well crafted, deeply researched
account of the military career of Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., a World
War II division, corps, and army commander, and arguably the U.S.
Army's most proficient combat commander in that conflict. That
Truscott was a noted horseman, an accomplished writer, and briefly
a senior manager with the Central Intelligence Agency during the
early Cold War makes Heefner's biography all the more interesting
reading."--Timothy K. Nenninger, author of The Leavenworth Schools
and the Old Army: Education, Professionalism, and the Officer Corps
of the United States Army, 1881-1918
"Heefner sheds much new light in this fine work of original
scholarship. Dogface Soldier may well be the most important
military biography since Carlo D'Este's well-received portrait of
Eisenhower."--John C. McManus, author of The 7th Infantry Regiment:
Combat in an Age of Terror
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