Honor Untarnished: A West Point Graduate's Memoir of World War II

A unique remembrance of war in Europe

Honor Untarnished is marvelous history and a great read. The book is a brilliant first hand account by an officer who led his men from raw beginnings in an America woefully unequipped and unprepared for its greatest trial to its finest hour. With devastating fire and mobility they fought from North Africa to Sicily to Germany and on to war's end. The terrible crucible for his battalion was some of the fiercest fighting of WW II beginning with the first wave at Normandy and on through the heart of Europe. The story of these brave men is told with uncommon candor by an inspiring leader and innovative commander. Even then as a junior officer, he understood combat with uncany insight and saw warfare with the far sighted vision of the general he later became. It will come as no surprise to readers that Bennett's illustrious career included Superintendent of West Point, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Commander of U.S. Forces in the Pacific.

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