2011, ISBN: 9781574410693

Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 1999. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. x, 377, [5] p. Illustrations. Source N… Mehr…

Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, 1999. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. x, 377, [5] p. Illustrations. Source Notes. Index. Foreword by Astronaut James A. Lovell, Jr., Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.). Hotelier, corporate executive, and U.S. Army intelligence officer, Frank M. Brandstetter played an active role in some of the most dramatic episodes of the twentieth century. Born in Transylvania in 1912, Brandy came to the U.S. at the age of sixteen and worked at immigrant factory jobs until he stumbled into the restaurant and hotel business. Throughout the Depression, he slowly worked his way up through the ranks until his enlistment in the army in 1940. Whether foiling a mass breakout plot by German POWs in England during the second World War, leading a small party on a dangerous mission behind German lines to deliver a surrender demand from General Matthew Ridgway to Field Marshall Walther Model, parachuting into battle on D-Day, or confronting an angry Cuban mob intent on destroying the Havana Hilton, Brandstetter evoked the highest commendations from witnesses and supervisors. Ridgway himself praised Brandstetter as a "man of unimpeachable integrity, and personal physical and moral courage to the highest degree." These qualities Brandstetter took to the business world, turning a few undeveloped casitas in Acapulco into Las Brisas, the top resort in the world in 1972. This is the story of a man of action and a great patriot who dedicated his life to the service of his country. From an on-line posting of his obituary: " Colonel Frank Maryan "Brandy" Brandstetter (U.S. Army Ret. ) died in...Acapulco, Mexico on August 21, 2011 at age 99. He was born into Austrian-Hungarian nobility on March 26, 1912, and immigrated to the United States as a penniless teenager. Volunteering for World War II service with the U.S. Army, his background, knowledge of customs, traditions and fluency with Hungarian, Romanian, Austrian, Czech and German languages made him a perfect choice for an intelligence career. After graduating from the U.S. Army Intelligence School, he was trained by British military intelligence before he parachuted with the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment on D-Day and led his IPW (Interrogation of Prisoners of War) team....He served as General...Ridgway's trusted aide with the XVIII Airborne Corps until the end of the war, then, with General Ridgway in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, and finally with the original, five-nation United Nations Organization....Brandy continued for 40 years in uniform as a U.S. Army Reservist frequently providing assistance to the Office of the Army Chief of Staff for Intelligence, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the FBI, and the CIA. Subsequently, Brandstetter unofficially provided reconnaissance services to the United States, primarily at his own expense, to China, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Yugoslavia, and many other hot spots at times when security threats were emerging. As a civilian, Brandy developed real estate and excelled as a hotelier. He was the founder and operator of the Las Brisas Resort in Acapulco, ....This work led him to projects that educated and employed many and launched productive careers that otherwise never would have been....Colonel Brandstetter resided in the United States, Jamaica, Cuba, and finally in Mexico where he made his home on the hillside above Acapulco Bay and below the tall landmark cross and Catholic Chapel of Peace, both of which he was instrumental in building. His remains were cremated and rest in a crypt beneath that chapel.", University of North Texas Press, 1999, 3<

1999, ISBN: 9781574410693

TEXAS A & M UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, 377 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.6 kg, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Wirtschaftswi… Mehr…

TEXAS A & M UNIV PR, Gebundene Ausgabe, 377 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-12-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.6 kg, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, Profis & Akademiker, Politisch, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Militär, Spionage, Reale Kriminalfälle, Kriminalität, Gesellschaft, Politik & Geschichte, TEXAS A & M UNIV PR, 1999<

ISBN: 9781574410693

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