He was housed in the inn where the British commander stayed during the battle.

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In a journey that begins with the author as a child attending the burial of a courageous French commander, killed in battle in Indo-China, three themes recur.

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James Wolfe, a British military commander, was killed in the battle in which his forces defeated the Marquis de Montcalm and the French on the Plains of Abraham, Quebec.

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He was the Dutch commander at the defeat of a superior Spanish fleet at the Battle of the Downs (1639).

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Cpl Wilson, based at Bulford Camp, Wiltshire, served as a section commander in the Rifles and was awarded a distinction in the Platoon Sergeant's Battle Course - placing him in the top 2% of infantry soldiers.

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Zhukov was by all accounts an excellent wartime commander, albeit one who worried about casualty counts only to the degree that they affected battle readiness.

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"His bravery during two tours in Vietnam earned him three silver stars, and set him on the path to lead our troops into battle in Grenada, and then to take charge of the overall allied effort in the first Gulf War as Commander of United States Central Command, " he said.

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