Posted on 10/21/2009 9:56:01 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Norman Fulkerson, who has been voicing his conservative opinions on the Messenger-Inquirer editorial page for 11 years, has written a book about another conservative, Col. John W. Ripley USMC....
There was much to admire about Ripley, Fulkerson said, during a recent phone interview. Ripley's military career has been documented in other writings, Fulkerson said, but what he was most interested in was telling the other side of the war hero who in 1972 during the Easter Offensive in Dong Ha, Vietnam, blew up a bridge that "virtually halted the largest North Vietnamese offensive of the entire war."
"An American Knight, the Life of Col. John W. Ripley USMC," is about Ripley's "deep Catholic faith, his love for his children and his devotion to his wife Moline," Fulkerson said....
Fulkerson, an Owensboro Catholic High School graduate, had never written a book before.
"It was like a person who had never run, running a marathon," Fulkerson said....
Fulkerson...has received positive reviews of his book from retired military officers who knew Ripley.
Retired Col. Wesley Lee Fox, USMC, a Medal of Honor recipient and author, writes that he knew Ripley "like a brother for 42 years" but learned a lot more about his friend's life from Fulkerson's book....
"An American Knight" should attract men and women to its pages, according to a release from Fulkerson's publisher. Men will see Ripley as the ultimate warrior who was motivated through "supernatural faith, discipline and pure morals" and women will find Ripley "the kind and gallant husband," dedicated father of deep faith, refinement and "unfailing leadership" at home and in public.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailyme.com ...
I had the pleasure of meeting Colonel Ripley and attending college with his sons. No finer man than Col. Ripley.
“There are sheep, and there are wolves. In the end, the wolves always win.” -Col. Ripley
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