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If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need

by Jack Jacobs

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ISBN13: 9780425223598
ISBN10: 0425223590
Condition: Standard
Dustjacket: Standard
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Synopsis:

A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own serviceaand ahead to Americaas future.

Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Severely wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again to the site of the attack to rescue more men, saving the lives of a U.S. advisor and thirteen Allied soldiers. Col. Jacobs received the nationas highest military award, the Medal of Honor.

Here, with candor, humor, and quiet modesty, Col. Jack Jacobs tells his stirring story of heroism, honor, and the personal code by which he has lived his life, and expounds with blunt honesty and insight his views on our contemporary world, and the nature and necessity of sacrifice.

"If Not Now, When?" is a compelling account of a unique life at both war and peace, and the all-too-often unexamined role of the citizenry in the service and defense of the Republic.

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ISBN:
9780425223598
Subtitle:
Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need
Author:
Jacobs, Jack
Foreword:
Williams, Brian
Author:
Century, Douglas
Author:
Jacobs (Retired), Colonel Jack
Publisher:
Berkley Caliber
Subject:
Military - Other
Subject:
Medal of honor
Subject:
United states
Subject:
General
Subject:
Military
Subject:
Military - Vietnam War
Subject:
Military - United States
Subject:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Subject:
United States - Officers
Publication Date:
October 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
292
Dimensions:
9.28x6.04x1.05 in. 1.12 lbs.
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