Once an eagle

Description:

**Required reading for West Point cadets, Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale.** Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self-interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. **Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War,** the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the **deadly Pacific jungles of World War II**, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in **the last major battleground of the Cold War—Vietnam.** Here is an unforgettable story of a man who embodies the best in our nation—and in us all.**

subjects: Once An Eagle,  Anton Myrer,  20th century,  America's War and Peace,  American,  History,  Historical,  Fiction,  3 Wars,  Wars,  War,  Great War,  WWI,  WWII,  Vietnam War,  Literature,  Military,  Army,  WASHINGTON POWER,  Self-indulgence,  Self-interest,  Lack of respect,  Disrespect,  Mutilation,  Death,  US Army,  Leadership,  USA SOLIDIERS,  Duty,  Honor,  No Self-indulgence,  No Self-interest,  basement classics,  Soldiers,  Military History,  Fiction, historical, general,  Fiction, war & military

Places: Vietnam,  Washington,  United States

Times: 20th century