Spearhead (novel)
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Spearhead is a war novel
War novel
A war novel is a novel in which the primary action takes place in a field of armed combat, or in a domestic setting where the characters are preoccupied with the preparations for, or recovery from, war...

 by Franklin M. Davis, Jr
Franklin M. Davis, Jr
Franklin Milton Davis, Jr. was an author and Major General in the United States Army.-Education:General Davis had a B.A. in Economics/English from the University of Massachusetts and a M.A...

, published in 1958. Set in the Second World War, the book is about a US tank-infantry team, who fought the Germans in the Rhine Valley.

Davis went on to become a Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

in the U.S. Army, and most of the books published were done so before he became a general near the start of his tour in Vietnam. Two of his books had his name as "Col. Franklin M. Davis, Jr."
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