Letter from General Joe Swing

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

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On Christmas Eve, 1944 General Joseph M. Swing composed a letter to his father-in-law, General Peyton C. March to sum up the actions of the 11th Airborne Division on Leyte. Random House has granted me permission to reprint this letter originally published in "THE ANGELS: A History of the 11th Airborne Division," by E.M. Flanagan Jr. (received from Mrs. Mary Anne Fullilove, nee Swing) and published by Presidio Press.

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Letter from General Joe Swing to his father-in-law
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2 Responses to Letter from General Joe Swing

  1. gpcox says:
    March 14, 2013 at 10:21 am

    Fantastique! Merci messieur. (Hope this is spellled correctly, Pierre. I greatly appreciate this.)

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    • Pierre Lagacé says:
      March 14, 2013 at 10:26 am

      monsieur is the singular form … messieurs is the plural form.
      I should start a blog about giving French lessons to WordPress bloggers (pun intended)

      Reply

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