The High Ground: From a boy to Soldier, from a Soldier to a man - Paperback

by Bob Dare (Author)

A story of a boy facing adulthood in 1960 America, his journey from enlistment through three decades leading in the Army with a unique combination of honesty, vulnerability, and passion that will leave you completely spellbound. If you want to know what it must have been like to serve as a Soldier, be sent off to war, and face the challenges of returning home afterwards, this is the book to read. Once you start reading it, you will not want to put it down. It is a gripping story of an infantryman's journey, the life of a Soldier from what it was like to join the Army, like so many did in the 1960s, and find themselves in the jungles of Vietnam, raising an Army family, to leading at the highest levels of the Army. It is full of tremendous lessons that all of us can benefit from. The High Ground is a story of faith, family, resiliency, sacrifice, and personal and moral courage as told through the eyes of a true patriot. It contains just the right amount of emotion, raw, human challenges, and good humor.