One Tough Ombre

About the Book

The 90th “Texas Oklahoma” Division was nick-named “The Tough Ombres.” The men wore a T/O patch on their shoulders. But it was anything but tough when it hit Utah Beach and tried to move inland. Taking terrible casualties and making stupid mistakes, the Division was called “the worst on the continent” by top brass. Charles “Sarge” Goodson, a farm kid from Childress, Texas, came to the 90th Division as another green replacement. He was intensely proud of the Tough Ombres. But both Charles and the 90th Division had some fast growing up to do if they were going to survive.

About the Author

John Sandifer was raised in Amarillo, Texas, and Sedro Woolley, Washington. Mr. Sandifer spent 40 years as an award-winning broadcast journalist for radio and TV stations and networks After retirement, in 1994, from KING TV, the NBC affiliate in Seattle, he served for 15 years as the Executive Director for the Seattle Local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Having written thousands of news stories and dozens of documentaries, during retirement he has produced two books, both involving family members at war. “One Tough Ombre” follows a favorite uncle in Patton’s Army in Europe.