{"product_id":"2940148627142","title":"In Tribute to General William E. DePuy","description":"General William E. DePuy changed the U.S. Army. As the\u003cbr\u003efirst commander of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine\u003cbr\u003eCommand (TRADOC), he created the mechanisms to restore\u003cbr\u003ethe Army’s self-image as a conventional combat force trained\u003cbr\u003eand configured for continental warfare. He made it a doctrinal\u003cbr\u003eArmy for the first time in its 200-year history. He laid the\u003cbr\u003efoundation for the training revolution that followed in the 1980s\u003cbr\u003eand for the development and fielding of the extraordinary\u003cbr\u003ecombat systems that proved themselves in Operation Desert\u003cbr\u003eStorm. Personally, and as the leader of a major Army\u003cbr\u003ecommand, he took hold of a defeated and discouraged Army\u003cbr\u003eand put it on the road to victory.\u003cbr\u003eAfter his retirement, General DePuy became something of a\u003cbr\u003ephilosopher of war. He wrote frequently for Army magazine on\u003cbr\u003etopics of doctrinal interest and, even more important, remained\u003cbr\u003ea figure to reckon with internally in the Army high command as\u003cbr\u003ethe mstitution followed through on the reforms and initiatives\u003cbr\u003ehe had set in motion. General DePuy in later life became a\u003cbr\u003eteacher and mentor to the Army’s rising leaders. Those young\u003cbr\u003emen who remember the general’s visits to the Command and\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Staff College, especially the School of Advanced\u003cbr\u003eMilitary Studies, will remember his great wit, his charm, his\u003cbr\u003eextraordinary intehect and understanding of war, and his\u003cbr\u003ecompassion and interest in those who followed him into the\u003cbr\u003eprofession of arms.\u003cbr\u003eThis pamphlet contains three eulogies presented by men who\u003cbr\u003eneed no introduction to the Army -General Maxwell R.\u003cbr\u003eThurman, Lieutenant General Orwin C. Talbott, and General\u003cbr\u003ePaul F. Gorman. The memorials were read at General DePuy’s\u003cbr\u003ememorial service at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., on\u003cbr\u003e16 September 1992.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075388752112,"sku":"2940148627142","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148627142_p0.jpg?v=1763705716","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148627142","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}