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Once an eagle / Anton Myrer ; forward by Carlo D'Este.

Myrer, Anton. (Author). D'Este, Carlo, 1936- (Added Author).

Summary:

"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. A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embdies the best in our nation -- and in us all." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/2001058082.html.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062221620
  • ISBN: 9780062221629
  • Physical Description: xix, 1291 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2013.

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.2 66 42968.
Original Version Note:
Originally published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968, 1st ed.
Subject:
Soldiers > Fiction.
United States > History, Military > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
War fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Summary: "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. A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embdies the best in our nation -- and in us all." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/2001058082.html.