Background
Braim, Paul Francis was born on May 31, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Reed and Anna Kathryn (McAvoy) Braim.
(Called the Army's "greatest combat general" by President ...)
Called the Army's "greatest combat general" by President Truman, James Van Fleet led American and allied forces to battlefield victory during a career that spanned World War I and the Cold War. In this biography, a military historian who once commanded a rifle company under Van Fleet in Korea tells the legendary leader's unique story and draws parallels to the U.S. Army's history of diverse challenges met in the twentieth century. Defining the root of Van Fleet's success as devotion to his men and dedication to rigorous field training and mental conditioning, Paul Braim describes Van Fleet's ability to inspire his men with the will to win through two world wars and in the limited wars that followed. He chronicles Van Fleet's command of III Corps in its drive into the heart of Nazi Germany in World War II and his training of allied soldiers in the Cold Wars, including his development of the Greek National Army into a fighting force capable of driving off a strong communist insurgency. He tells how as commander of the Eighth Army in Korea Van Fleet applied his winning tactics so successfully within the constraints of the limited war that the South Korean Army was able to assume a major fighting role. Finally, he explains that Van Fleet was one of few senior military leaders to argue for training the Vietnamese instead of committing U.S. combat forces in Vietnam. This tribute to an outstanding American--a poor boy from rural Florida who rose to the rank of four-star general--will fascinate everyone who enjoys reading biographies and those who like military history. It is presented in cooperation with the Association of the U.S. Army.
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Braim, Paul Francis was born on May 31, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Reed and Anna Kathryn (McAvoy) Braim.
AB, Shepherd College, 1949. Master of Arts, University Delaware, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Delaware, 1983.
Enlisted, United States Army, 1943;
advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1968;
retired, United States Army, 1977;
president, Apollo Enterprises Inc., Newark, Delaware, 1980-1986;
professor of history, Embry-Riddle Aero. U., Daytona Beach, Florida, since 1987. Lecturer Army, Navy, and Air Force War Colls., 1966-1991.
Strategic planner Offices of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, 1970-1974.
(Called the Army's "greatest combat general" by President ...)
Member American Association of University Professors, The Strategic Institute, Association of the United States Army, Retired Officers Association, Military Order World Wars.
Married Barbara Ann Redline, July 2, 1982 (divorced December 1990).