Title: Once An Eagle
Subtitle: America's War and Peace
First published: 1968
Description: **Required reading for West Point cadets, 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.**

Here is an unforgettable story of a man who embodies the best in our nation—and in us all.**
Subjects: Once An Eagle, Anton Myrer, 20th century, America's War and Peace, American, History, Historical, Fiction, 3 Wars, Wars, War, Great War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam War, Literature, Military, Army, WASHINGTON POWER, Self-indulgence, Self-interest, Lack of respect, Disrespect, Mutilation, Death, US Army, Leadership, USA SOLIDIERS, Duty, Honor, No Self-indulgence, No Self-interest, basement classics, Soldiers, Military History, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military
Places: Vietnam, Washington, United States
Time periods: 20th century