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Robert H. Adleman
Robert H. Adleman (May 7, 1919 – November 16, 1995) was an American novelist and historian. His book The Devil's Brigade (film), ''Devil's Brigade'', about World War II, was turned into a film in 1968. Biography Adleman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A photographer and tail gunner in the United States Army Air Forces, Army Air Forces during World War II, he became a businessman and a historian, and began a collaboration with U.S. Army Colonel George Walton to write books about World War II, the most successful of which was 1966's ''The Devil's Brigade.'' A story about the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil's Brigade", the book would be turned into The Devil's Brigade (film), a motion picture of the same name in 1968 and starred William Holden and Cliff Robertson. Adleman was co-owner and president of Robinson, Adleman, and Montgomery, a Philadelphia public relations and advertising firm. An innovator, he constantly started new ventures including publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
