Touched with Fire : The Future of the Vietnam Generation
Wheeler, John, III
ISBN 10: 053109832X ISBN 13: 9780531098325
Published by Scholastic Library Publishing, 1984
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Soldiers' Stories written by a soldier. The author explores those who were the Vietnam generation. From beginning to end, the Vietnam War which lasted from 1959 to 1975, was the longest in American history. During that time, the largest generation in American history [the World War "baby boom"] came of age with all its young men subject to the military draft. The war left many victims, the soldiers themselves, those who chose not to serve, their families and their loved ones whose struggles and contributions continue to present day. Book is in Very good condition; dj is price clipped and microtears on edges and some scuffing 260 pages including index and acknowledgement page
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Title: Touched with Fire : The Future of the ...
Publisher: Scholastic Library Publishing
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Hardcover
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TOUCHED WITH FIRE: THE FUTURE OF THE VIETNAM GENERATION
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Hardcover. First edition. First printing [pstated]. [12], 259, [1] p. Events, 1959-1975; Map of Vietnam; Further Reading. Index. From Wikipedia: "John Parsons Wheeler, III (December 14, 1944 c. December 30, 2010), known as Jack Wheeler, was a chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, senior planner for Amtrak (1971 1972), official of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1978 1986), chief executive and CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, consultant to the Mitre Corporation (2009 death), member of the Council on Foreign Relations along with Philip Lader(Evergreen International Aviation), and a presidential aide to the Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush administrations. He also held numerous other positions in the United States military, government, and corporations. John Parsons Wheeler, III, descended from a family of military professionals which included Joseph Wheeler, who had served as a general both in the Confederate Army, and later with the United States Army. Wheeler, III, was born in Laredo, Texas, where his mother, Janet Conly Wheeler, was staying with her mother while his father was in Europe. Five days after the delivery, the family received a telegram that his father was missing in action in the Battle of the Bulge. His father was later found to be alive. ]Wheeler was a member of the United States Military Academy class of 1966 which lost thirty of its members in the Vietnam War. After graduating from West Point, he was a fire control platoon leader at a MIM-14 Nike-Hercules base at Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, from 1966 to 1967. From 1967 to 1969 he was a graduate student at Harvard Business School spending the summer of 1968 as a systems analyst for the Office of Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C. From 1969 to 1970, he served in a non-combat position at Long Binh in Vietnam. From 1970to 1971 he served on the General Staff at The Pentagon Wheeler's West Point and later years are featured prominently in Rick Atkinson's book, The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966. After leaving the military he was a senior planner for Amtrak in 1971 and 1972. From 1972 to 1975 he attended law school at Yale University becoming a clerk for George E. MacKinnon in 1975 76 and an associate for Shea & Gardner in 1976 78. From 1978 to 1986 he was Assistant General Counsel, Special Counsel to Chairman, and Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission. From 1979 to 1989, Wheeler was chairman of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund that built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial which opened in 1982. Working with Jan Scruggs, he had supported the controversial Maya Lin design, which was opposed by Ross Perot and Jim Webb, who tried to oust him as chairman of the memorial. Wheeler worked to address their issues by adding The Three Soldiers sculpture by Frederick Hart to the memorial. In 1983, Carlton Sherwood ran a four-part series on WDVM-TV (now WUSA) "Vietnam Memorial: A Broken Promise? " which focused on Wheeler's handling of the Memorial Fund, claiming that most of the $9 million raised for the memorial was improperly accounted. Sherwood cast aspersions on Wheeler's career questioning his decision not to go directly to Vietnam out of West Point and noting he had been disciplined shortly after arriving in Vietnam in 1969 for "misappropriation" of government property. A General Accounting Office audit spurred by the television report cleared Wheeler. WMDV made an on-air apology and donated $50, 000 to the memorial. In 1984, Wheeler published a memoir, Touched with Fire: The Future of the Vietnam Generation. In the 1988 television film To Heal a Nation about the construction of the Vietnam Memorial, Wheeler was played by Marshall Colt, four years his junior and the former co-star with James Arness in the crime drama McClain's Law. Eric Roberts portrayed Jan Scruggs and Glynnis O'Connor, Becky Scruggs', Jan's wife. In 1988 89, Wheeler worked with George H.W. Bush to establish the Earth Conservation Corps. From 1997 to 2001, he was President and CEO, Deafness Research Foundation. He was consultant to acting Under. Very good in good dust jacket. TLS by author laid in. DJ has some wear and soiling. Seller Inventory # 68984