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A Salute to Patriotism: The The Life and Work of Major General Howard L. Peckham

A Salute to Patriotism: The The Life and Work of Major General Howard L. Peckham

Kavale, Jean Peckham

Paperback

Biographies GeneralWorld War II

ISBN10: 0966585550
ISBN13: 9780966585551
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 26 2011
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
SECOND EDITION A descendant of Revolutionary War heroes, Howard Louis Peckham's love for his country started early. After his dream of graduating from West Point came true, he served for twenty years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1942 he transferred to the Quartermaster Corps and went to Washington, where he headed the Fuels and Lubricants Division of the Quartermaster General's office. While serving concurrently as a member of the Army-Navy Petroleum Board, he testified before Congress about army petroleum needs. For his meritorious work of procuring fuels and allocating them to our armed forces worldwide, he was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal. In postwar Paris, Howard Peckham headed the American Graves Registration Command and returned more than 80,000 American war dead to the United States. Approximately 60,000 others were interred in ten permanent American cemeteries in Europe, graded and constructed under his command. After his return to the United States, he served in highly responsible positions until his army retirement in 1956. As a civilian, his patriotic service continued when he worked for the Free Europe Committee and traveled abroad to meet with Western European diplomats. His goal was to get them more involved in the Committee's work. Nations behind the Iron Curtain peacefully freed from Communist domination, Howard Peckham believed, would ensure more security for the United States. Duty, country, and patriotism would continue to dominate his life to the end. (This book is the author's Second Edition of A Salute to Patriotism.)

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