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(1926-2007) Author, journalist. Gerald Astor was known for his books on World War II.

Full Name

Gerald Astor

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Astor grew up in Mount Vernon, New York.

1926

BIRTH

Gerald Morton Astor was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1926.

1949

OTHER

Astor attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York from 1949 to 1951.

1974

LITWORK

...And a Credit to His Race: The Hard Life and Times of Joseph Louis Barrow, A.k.a. Joe Loius
New York, Saturday Review Press.
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Biography of Joe Louis.

1993

LITWORK

A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It
Dell

History.

1994

LITWORK

June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day
Saint Martin's Press, LLC.

History.

1996

LITWORK

Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II


History.

1998

LITWORK

The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It


History.

1998

LITWORK

The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military
Presidio Press

History.

1999

LITWORK

The Greatest War: Americans in Combat, 1941-1945
Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press

History.

2000

LITWORK

The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Hurtgen: September 1944 - January 1945


History.

2001

LITWORK

Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945


History.

2006

LITWORK

Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, The Gathering of Military Powers To Our Commanders in Chief
Wiley.

Nonficition.

2007

DEATH

Gerald Astor died in Scarsdale, New York in 2007.

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