An American knight : the life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC by Fulkerson, Norman J instant download

An American knight : the life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC by Fulkerson, Norman J instant download

x, 211 pages : 23 cm, Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC was president of Southern Seminary, Southern Virginia College, Includes bibliographical references, Birth and childhood -- \"Culture and refinement personified: -- Huckleberry Finn -- City of Radford -- Hearing the Battle Cry -- Naval Academy -- Moline Blaylock -- The challenges of fatherhood -- A Catholic Marine -- A wise and fearless warrior -- A legend is born -- Unique side of a warrior -- The last advisors -- The ring of steel -- The Dong Ha Bridge -- \"Jesus, Mary, get me there\" -- Giap's frustrating end to a bloody stalemate -- \"A Holy Crusade\" -- In defense of womanhood and femininity -- Experiments in a Petri dish -- Traditional American elite -- The most dramatic liver transplant in history -- Final notes in life's \"Symphony\" -- The burial of a legend -- He honored us all -- Appendix 1. Testimony of Colonel John W. Ripley to the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. -- Appendix 2. Statement on the preservation of the ban of homosexuals in the Armed Forces by Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC for the House Armed Services Committee -- Appendix 3. \"Jesus, Mary, get me there!\" / Jeremias Wells