Franklin M. Davis, Jr

Franklin Milton Davis, Jr. (1918-1980) [cite web|url=http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/da4.htm |title=New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors A Companion to On-line & Off-line Literature (2008 March) |author=kingkong.demon.co.uk/|accessdate=2008-03-09] was a military officer in the United States Army, attaining the rank of Major General before his retirement [cite web|url=http://www.istpp.org/military_science/index.html |title=Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) |author=Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy |accessdate=2008-03-09] . Davis fought in both World War II and the Vietnam War [cite web|url=http://www.walthammuseum.com/hof.htm |title=The Waltham Museum’s Hall-of-Fame March 10, 2005 (64 Members) |author=The Waltham Museum, Inc.|accessdate=2008-03-09] . He served as a Brigadier General during the Vietnam War, where he commanded the 199th Light Infantry Brigade from May 1968 to July 1969; his brigade operated in Long Binh and Duc Hoa [cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=aUg2zQ9JpHQC&pg=PA89&dq=brigadier+general+%22franklin+m+davis%22&lr=&sig=7VVCEYgVAS0lg9sQEBIraPEd7rA#PPA89,M1 |title=Vietnam Order of Battle |author=Shelby L. Stanton|accessdate=2008-03-09] . During that time he was WIA (wounded in action) [cite web|url=http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/da4.htm |title=199TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE VIETNAM ORDER OF BATTLE |author=REDCATCHER.org |accessdate=2008-03-09] . He was Commandant at the U.S. Army War College from 1971 to 1974 [cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sEkp6GlK19cC&pg=PA29&dq=Franklin+M.+Davis,+Jr,+war+college&sig=Anmd2qSDTsie588f3mgnoudih2A |title=The U.S. Army War College: Military Education in a Democracy|author=Judith Stiehm|accessdate=2008-03-09] .

He was a published author as well. His early books were fiction, although he later moved into more serious historical nonfiction. Two of his early books were published with his military rank attached to his name: "Col. Franklin M. Davis, Jr." As found on Abebooks.com, these were:
* "Kiss the Tiger", Pyramid Books, 1961
*"The U.S. Army Engineers—Fighting Elite", Franklin Watts, 1967

As found on Amazon.com, those published without rank were:
*"Spearhead", 1957
*"A Medal For Frankie", 1959
*"Break Through", 1961
*"Bamboo Camp #10", 1962
*"Secret Hong Kong" (A Quinn Leland Espionage Thriller) , 1962
*"Combat! The Counterattack", (co-author Arnie Kohn), 1964
*"Come As a Conqueror", (The United States Army's Occupation of Germany 1945-1949), 1967
*"Across the Rhine" (Time Life, World War II Collector's Edition), 1980

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