This is a book you will never forget. It is
about the U. S. Army, the huge un-
wieldly organism on which much of the
nation s survival depends. It is about
Americans trying to live personal lives.
to cling to touchstones of faith and hope
in the grip of the blind, bluuderous
history of the last 25 years. It is about
marriage, the illusions and hopes that
people bring to it, the struggle to main-
tain and renew commitment.
On June 5, 1950, graduation day at
West Point, Joanna Welsh of Cincin-
nati, poet and idealist, walks beneath
an arch of shining sabers, the bride of
Peter MacArthur Burke. one of the
stars of Army s perenially victorious
football team. Within minutes she is
followed by Amy Kemble, the cool,
tough-minded Philadelphia heiress.
who has married George Rosser. a
somewhat bland but clever Califor-
nian. Next comes red-haired Honor
Prescott of Charlesville. Virginia, gid-
dily in love with Adam Thayer of
Maine, who hides his brilliance and
his reckless idealism behind a stream
ofjokes and comic impersonations.
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