WEST POINT SECOND CLASSMAN

by Colonel Red Reeder

Inscribed and SIGNED by the Author

Foreword by General Maxwell Taylor

1957, First Edition, Duell Sloan and Pearce, New York, 238 pages.

Colonel Russell Potter Reeder, Jr., born into an Army family, graduated with the West Point class of 1926, successfully and bravely led the 12th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division onto Omaha Beach on D-Day. Seriously wounded a few days later by artillery, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and evacuated. Unable to return to combat, Red Reeder served out his career as Assistant Director of Athletic at West Point and authored more than a dozen books.

Third of a series of six books about the adventures of Clint Land and his friends at West Point and beyond. Endpapers are a map of West Point.

Hardcover book in Very Good condition, tight and clean with no marks except Inscription and Signature by Red Reeder. Pages are clean and white. Gray covers with brown titles on the spine are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition with slight wear at spine ends; price unclipped.

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