American Hangman: Msgt. John C. Woods: The United States Army's Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg by MacLean, Col French L.
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American Hangman: Msgt. John C. Woods: The United States Army's Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg by MacLean, Col French L.

American Hangman: Msgt. John C. Woods: The United States Army's Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg

Schiffer Military
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Description

John C. Woods, the US Army's hangman during World War II, is known for his role executing ten senior Nazis in 1946. For the first time, learn about Woods's early life in Kansas and his dishonorable discharge before World War II. Discover how volunteering as a military executioner would lead Woods to his career as a hangman. Award-winning author Colonel French MacClean separates fact from fiction of the enigmatic executioner, whose botched executions and mysterious death by electrocution have left him shrouded in mystery and infamy.



Author: Col French L. MacLean
Publisher: Schiffer Military
Published: 10/28/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.30w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780764358159
ISBN10: 0764358154
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Military | World War II

About the Author
French MacLean is the author of twelve previous books on World War II and two on the American West. In 2014, his work The Fifth Field received the Army Historical Foundation's prestigious Richard G. Trefry Award.