Hanging Sam: A Military Biography of General Samuel T. Williams, from Pancho Villa to Vietnam

Published: September, 1990  Pages: 200  Features: 20 b&w photos.

Hanging Sam chronicles the life of Lt. General Samuel T. “Hanging Sam” Williams, who, after being relieved of his duties as Assistant Division Commander of the 90th Infantry Division and demoted from the rank of brigadier general following the 1944 Normandy invasion, persevered to recover not only his lost star but two additional ones as well, an accomplishment unmatched in modern U. S. Army history. more... about Hanging Sam: A Military Biography of General Samuel T. Williams, from Pancho Villa to Vietnam