Honorable warrior : General Harold K. Johnson and the ethics of command / Lewis Sorley
Title
Honorable warrior : General Harold K. Johnson and the ethics of command / Lewis Sorley
Subject
Generals--United States--Biography.
Johnson, Harold K. (Harold Keith), 1912-1983.
United States. Army--Biography.
Description
Military biography of a career US Army officer (West Point 1933 graduate) who rose to the army’s highest rank: chief of staff.
Johnson was a ranking Philippine Scout officer (Operations Officer of the 57th Infantry Regiment) when the war broke out; he led his men in combat in Bataan. He surrendered as ordered to on April 9, 1942 and went to the Death March. He survived three and a half years of imprisonment under the Japanese. His experiences in the Philippines further developed his leadership skills, which in turn were further strengthened in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
The section on World War II is heavily based on a lengthy interview (oral history) conducted by the U.S. Military History Institute in 1972.
Johnson was a ranking Philippine Scout officer (Operations Officer of the 57th Infantry Regiment) when the war broke out; he led his men in combat in Bataan. He surrendered as ordered to on April 9, 1942 and went to the Death March. He survived three and a half years of imprisonment under the Japanese. His experiences in the Philippines further developed his leadership skills, which in turn were further strengthened in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
The section on World War II is heavily based on a lengthy interview (oral history) conducted by the U.S. Military History Institute in 1972.
Creator
Sorley, Lewis
Publisher
Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c1998
Date
1998
Format
25 x 16 cm.
Type
Hardbound
Identifier
700608869
Call Number
E 745 .J65 S67 1998
Accession Number
13766
Pagination
x, 364 p.
Illustration
ill.
Files
Collection
Citation
Sorley, Lewis, “Honorable warrior : General Harold K. Johnson and the ethics of command / Lewis Sorley,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed December 16, 2025, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/252.