Prudential Premier Properties Offers Cape Code Home with World War II History.Business Editors IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2003 The Cape Cod Cape Cod, narrow peninsula of glacial origin, 399 sq mi (1,033 sq km), SE Mass., extending 65 mi (105 km) E and N into the Atlantic Ocean. It is generally flat, with sand dunes, low hills, and numerous lakes. oceanfront estate of legendary World War II hero General James M. Gavin is being offered by Prudential Premier Properties/Cape Cod, an independently owned and operated affiliate of The Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc., a Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PRU PRU Prudential Financial PRU Pupil Referral Unit PRU Photographic Reconnaissance Unit PRU Potomac Rugby Union (Washington, DC) PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Unit PRU Projets de Rénovation Urbaine PRU Pruhonice ) company. General Gavin (1907-1990) was revered for his battlefield leadership and his first-hand knowledge of the conditions his soldiers faced. In combat, he always parachuted first from the lead aircraft, and, once on the ground, led his men into action from the front. He came to be known as the "jumping general" because he parachuted with combat troops during World War II. While a paratrooper, he led assaults on Sicily and on Salerno Bay, Italy, in 1943, reaching the rank of brigadier general. As Commanding Officer of the 82nd Airborne Division, he jumped with the parachute assault section on the first night of the Normandy Invasion Normandy Invasion Allied invasion of Europe during WWII; D-Day (June 6, 1944). [Eur. Hist.: EB, VII: 391] See : Battle on D-Day in 1944. He later took the 82nd Airborne into Operation Market Garden in Holland and led his troops in Germany until the German surrender in 1945. He was made Major General at age 37, the youngest Major General in the U.S. Army since General George Armstrong Notable people named George Armstrong include:
The Gavin residence, to which the Gavin family has returned every summer for nearly 40 years, is one of the few remaining traditional summer estates on Cape Cod. Located on Wianno's famous Sea View Avenue in Osterville, the home was originally commissioned by the Dana family of St. Louis. It subsequently was owned by the Wells family, whose descendants still live in Osterville, and by Serge Semenenko Serge Semenenko (?-?) was an innovative Hollywood banker in the 1950s and 1960s, representing the First National Bank of Boston. In 1967, he resigned as vice-chairman and a director of First Boston after his activities were dissected in a first article in the , who at one time owned three oceanfront houses in a row on Sea View Avenue, before General Gavin's purchase in 1965. Built in 1907 to the highest standards of luxury, the home contains an elegance of detail rarely found today. This graceful turn-of-the-century shingle style Shingle style In the U.S., a style of wood-shingle-covered domestic architecture of the 1870s and '80s. Among the finest examples are Henry Hobson Richardson's Sherman House (1874–75), Newport, R.I., and Stoughton House (1882–83), Cambridge, Mass. "cottage" features a magnificent Great Room with a massive fieldstone field·stone n. A stone occurring naturally in fields, often used as a building material. Noun 1. fieldstone - stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material fireplace, soaring ceiling, and a dramatic interior balcony of antique yellow cypress that connects all six bedrooms to the rooms below. There is a cozy fireplace in the library, which leads through French doors to a three-season porch overlooking the sweep of lawn and ocean. The ample kitchen has met the needs of a party of 200 diplomats, yet remains comfortable for a family. The original butler's pantry but·ler's pantry n. A serving and storage room between a kitchen and dining room. is imbued with the history of nearly a century of summer parties. The open dining room with built-in window seats connects to a sunny "breakfast porch" with sparkling ocean views. The estate includes 2.76 acres of woods, lawns, and beach roses, affording exceptional privacy, as well as 200 feet of superb private beach with jetties on Nantucket Sound Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard on the west; between Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard it is connected to the . There is a detached two-story garage and possibilities for expansion abound. The provenance of General Gavin's historic oceanfront home makes it a rare gem for the discriminating buyer in search of a truly exceptional property. 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