Title: Cradle of Valor: The Intimate Letters of a Plebe at West Point between the Two World Wars
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0912697806
ISBN 13: 9780912697802
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Fair

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The author, a retired Air Force officer, recounts his experiences attending West Point between 1930 and 1934

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Smith, a young man from Nevada, entered West Point in 1930 and found the experience so stimulating that he sent his parents detailed reports throughout his plebe year. This was the Depression era and although its effect was minimal at West Point, the Smith family in Reno was hit hard when the cadet's father lost his job. The parents' letters to their son, included in the collection, are moving in their self-effacing expression of pride and encouragement. The author provides a retrospective commentary on both sets of letters, and in the final chapter describes what happened in later years to each member of his close-knit family. The book is a vivid contemporary account of what it was like to be a first-year cadet at the "old" West Point, but it is also a tribute to the author's father. In the introduction Eisenhower explains why West Pointers have always considered themselves a breed apart. Smith retired from the Air Force as a major general. Photos.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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