Description
The inscribed first edition of He Rode Up Front For Patton, the wartime autobiography of Brig. General Albin Irzyk.
Quarto, [10], 388pp. Black cloth, title stamped on the spine. No additional printings noted. Small hole along spine. Solid text block, internally clean. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $32.95 on the front flap, 1cm hole along spine, bright illustrations, a very good example.
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper.
Brigadier General Albin F. Irzyk (1917-2018) was a distinguished U.S. Army officer whose military career spanned over three decades, encompassing pivotal roles in World War II, the Berlin Crisis, and the Vietnam War. During World War II, as commander of the 8th Tank Battalion in the 4th Armored Division, he led his unit through five European campaigns, including the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He was wounded twice in combat. On March 18, 1945, he earned the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism near Wolfsheim, Germany, where, despite being wounded, he continued to lead an assault after his tank was destroyed. His battalion also liberated the Ohrdruf concentration camp, the first such camp discovered by U.S. forces. In 1968, he led the Army’s Headquarters Area Command in Saigon during the Tet Offensive, later serving as assistant commander of the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
