A Devotion To Duty: Memoirs Of General Jimmy D. Ross

摘要

If one is going to begin a series of works, it is sometimes best to start easy. A Devotion to Duty is one of those uncomplicated starts. It is written with an informal style that draws the reader along. The narrative from birth to commissioning serves to tell us that the subject, General Jimmy D. Ross, a former commander of the Army Materiel Command, was once an average kid who entered the Army for any number of reasons. The journey from lieutenant to major reflects a steep learning curve and an unusual assignment pattern.rnBy the time Jimmy Ross was a major, he had enjoyed 2 years with the 14th Infantry Regiment at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Then, according to the practices then prevailing, he transferred into the Transportation Corps, only to be shifted to a 9-month detail to Task Force Air Cobra-a semisecret Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) operation in Thailand-to evaluate its potential to host a large U.S. force. As the Nation struggled through civil rights trials and the Kennedy assassination, Ross was off to Vietnam for 1964 and 1965 as a battalion adviser-infantry battalion, that is.