Field of Valor: Duty, Honor, Country, and Winning the Heisman
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1572434686 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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At Least Read the Book First! Oh come on! How can anybody pan a book without at least opening the cover? Field of Valor is an excellent look at the service academy football programs during their glory days. It might not belong in the library of every football fan but it is a nicely produced book with a great deal of interesting information and it deserves a look, especially with bargain priced used copies out there!. "Outstanding Book" according to Amazon Customer. I enjoyed this book immensely. The stories of these exemplary warrior-athletes are inspiring and well worth your time. The account of Pete Dawkins' struggle with childhood polio and how he overcame that disability to go on to be a All-American, Heiseman winner, and Rhodes scholar is alone worth the small price of the book.. "Field of Valor" according to Larry Gifford. While I have not yet read the book, I wish to point out that Glenn Davis never reached the rank of brigadier general. As a matter of fact, he hardly reached the rank of first lieutenant. He was too interested in Hollywood and such environs. He wasn't even a good pro player. Neither was Joe Bellino.
There was a time during the middle of the last century when football teams from the U.S. Their commitment to Duty, Honor, and Country certainly is reflective of the words pronounced by former West Point Superintendent Douglas MacArthur: "On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory.". One of this elite group, Nile Kinnick, was the only Heisman Trophy winner killed in combat. Also featured are six Heisman Trophy winners although not from military academies fought valiantly for their country in during WWII. Blanchard and Davis both retired as brigadier generals after compiling brilliant combat records during the Vietnam conflict. Twelve y