The Warrior’s Character: Leadership Wisdom From West Point’s Cadet Prayer

FOREWORD

My generation arrived on the world scene late in the first half of the 20th century. We grew up in the shadows of giants, those who fought and won World War II and saved our Nation and the world from tyranny. Born in Hawaii about a year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, I was raised on the fringe of what was called the Pacific Theater of Operations. My personal heroes, whose shadows touch me even today, came from the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442d Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service, those highly decorated Nisei units whose soldiers also fought to prove the loyalty of Americans of Japanese ancestry. On the heels of World War II came Korea. Once again, I sensed what preserving freedom and liberty meant, this ...