"WITH THE SINCERE REGARDS OF ANOTHER VETERAN OF THE ARMED FORCES": INSCRIBED BY GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR

(TAYLOR, Maxwell) RAPPORT, Leonard, and NORTHWOOD, Arthur. Rendezvous With Destiny. A History of the 101st Airborne Division. No place: 101st Airborne Division Association, (1965). Octavo, original white cloth, original dust jacket. $500.

"Enlarged edition" of this history of the "Screaming Eagles," abundantly illustrated with maps, charts and photographs, inscribed, "To R—C. B—-, with the sincere regards of another veteran of the Armed Forces. Maxwell D. Taylor. General US Army (ret) 9 Aug., 1977."

Established in 1918, the 101st Airborne—the "Screaming Eagles"—were famed for their central role in numerous WWII operations and battles, including the Battle of the Bulge, Operation Market Garden and the D-Day landings. Rendezvous With Destiny focuses in particular with their history during that war. Maxwell Taylor, who has inscribed this copy, was their commanding general beginning in 1944 and was the first Allied general officer to land in France on D-Day when he parachuted into Normandy on June 6, 1944. After WWII, Taylor continued to perform important if controversial roles, first as Superintendent of West Point, and later as the Army Chief of Staff and, under Kennedy and Johnson, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Vietnam War. First published in 1948; this edition includes a chapter updating the history up to 1965. Bookplate of inscribee. Newspaper clippings laid in.

Text fine, faint offsetting to inscription leaf, one small bump to front board; dust jacket with mild wear and toning, small chip to front panel. A very good inscribed copy.