Report of the First Army American Expeditionary Forces: Organization and Operations de General John J. Pershing and Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett - 1923

Ft Leavenworth, KS: General Service Schools, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Leather bound with marbled endpapers and gilt titles on the spine and front cover. A very nice copy with some wear to the extremities and some chipping, pages are browning. Spine titled REPORT/ OF THE/ FIRST/ ARMY/ A.E.F. and front cover states BRIGADIER GENERAL HUGH A. DRUM/CHIEF OF STAFF/FIRST ARMY A.E.F. Drum's personal copy inscribed by Pershing to him on a front blank "To Brigadier General H.A. Drum/ Whose distinguished service as/ Chief of Staff of the 1st Army, and/ whose personal loyalty are/ among the most treasured mem-/ ories I carry of the world war/ with sincere affection/ John J. Pershing/ Sept. 12, 1924" A unique copy inscribed by Pershing to the First Army Chief of Staff. During World War I, Drum was chief of staff for First United States Army, and led the planning for First Army's participation in the Saint Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He was promoted to temporary brigadier general and received the Army Distinguished Service Medal. After the war, Drum commanded 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fifth Corps Area, and the Hawaiian Department. Having served as the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff and Inspector General, Drum was a candidate for Army Chief of Staff in 1939 but the position went to George Marshall. Drum received promotion to lieutenant general in August 1939, and commanded the Eastern Defense Command during the early years of World War II. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 64 in 1943, after which he was commander of the New York Guard (1943-1948), and president of Empire State, Inc., the company that managed the Empire State Building (1944-1951)..