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Person Detail: Gerald Astor

General Information:
Full Name: Gerald Astor
Biography:
(1926-2007) Author, journalist. Gerald Astor was known for his books on World War II.
Life Events:
Year: 1926 Event: BIRTH (Unknown) County
Gerald Morton Astor was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1926. 
Year: 1949 Event: OTHER New York County
Astor attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York from 1949 to 1951. 
Year: 1974 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
...And a Credit to His Race: The Hard Life and Times of Joseph Louis Barrow, A.k.a. Joe Loius
(Pub: New York, Saturday Review Press. ISBN: 0841503478)
Biography of Joe Louis. 
Year: 1993 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It
(Pub: Dell ISBN: )
History. 
Year: 1994 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day
(Pub: Saint Martin's Press, LLC. ISBN: )
History. 
Year: 1996 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Operation Iceberg: The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II
History. 
Year: 1998 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military
(Pub: Presidio Press ISBN: )
History. 
Year: 1998 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It
History. 
Year: 1999 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Greatest War: Americans in Combat, 1941-1945
(Pub: Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press ISBN: )
History. 
Year: 2000 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Hurtgen: September 1944 - January 1945
History. 
Year: 2001 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945
History. 
Year: 2006 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, The Gathering of Military Powers To Our Commanders in Chief
(Pub: Wiley. ISBN: )
Nonficition. 
Year: 2007 Event: DEATH Westchester County
Gerald Astor died in Scarsdale, New York in 2007. 
Year: ? Event: RESIDENCE Westchester County
Astor grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. 

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