Every Army Man Is with You

Nicolaus Mills

doi:10.5771/9781442239869

Summary

For Army’s players, their 1964 football game against a Navy team led by its Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Roger Staubach, was a do-or-die battle. Army had lost to Navy five years in a row. This time a stunning victory by Army changed the Cadets’ fortunes and made headlines across the country. With five of its starters playing offense and defense, Army rallied to an 11-8 triumph. The win was the beginning of an even greater challenge for West Point’s players. Soon they were in Vietnam, fighting a war that did not end as they or America expected. In Every Army Man Is with You Nicolaus Mills tells the story of that unforgettable Army team by focusing on the lives of seven of its players as they go from the football field, to the Vietnam battlefield, and back again to the States. Mills sheds light not just on what that the players’ experiences meant to them personally but on what their experiences say about the ways the Vietnam era shaped our nation.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-3985-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-3986-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 240
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. Cast of Characters No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
1. 1 Ike’s Telegram No access
2. 2 Westmoreland and His Coach No access
3. 3 Douglas MacArthur’s Farewell No access
1. 4 Safety No access
2. 5 The Gang’s All Here No access
3. 6 Touchdown Catch No access
4. 7 On a High No access
5. 8 Iron Man No access
6. 9 Game Changer No access
7. 10 The Marine No access
Part III: Aftermath No access Pages 149 - 150
Epilogue No access Pages 151 - 166
Appendix A No access Pages 167 - 178
Appendix B No access Pages 179 - 194
Interviews No access Pages 195 - 196
Notes No access Pages 197 - 222
Bibliography No access Pages 223 - 232
Acknowledgments No access Pages 233 - 234
Index No access Pages 235 - 240