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(More customer reviews)Jack Wells offers up a truly revealing review of the Best and the Brightest of their generation being sacrificed in war. All of the 50 Marines of his Marine Corps Basic School Class of 6/67 gave their life for their country.Their class suffered more killed and wounded than any other class of officers in the history of the Marine Corps. Jack portrays in great detail a biographical sketch of each and every Marine who died in Vietnam in 1968. This is a factual accounting that demonstrates a love of country, dedication to duty and willingness to "pay the price" in the defense of freedom for a cause that all deeply believed in. This is a moving and emotional remembrance that involves family members and loved ones of each Marine and how their legacies live on through memorials dedicated to their memory. The citations received by each deceased Marine, many presented posthumously, are shown in each biograpical sketch. The citations point to a level of bravery and love of country that was typical of Jack's generation and pivotal in the history of Freedom in America
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In Class of '67, former Marine lieutenant Jack Wells delivers a moving and fitting eulogy to the forty-three lieutenants who were in Marine Officers Basic Class 6-67, and who died in Vietnam. Another classmate died years later in Lebanon. As the war escalated, the number of Marine officers sent into battle increased dramatically. The highest eschelon of Marine commanders were greatly concerned about the high casualties, but with the war raging, and with Marines never backing away from a fight, or trying to protect their men, the casualties continued to climb. This book is a memorial to those men who made the ultimate sacrifice for their men and country. As Wells introduces each of the forty-four, readers will be moved by the enormity of loss: loss of youth, loss of leadership, loss of the best...and the brightest. Whether we support a war or march against it, nothing diminishes the significance of what each man sacrificed for country and family.
