The Last Perfect American
The Life Experiences of Jack R. Anthony
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As a child, I was casually aware of the WWI veterans around me. Many husbands, fathers and grandfathers had no legs. The poison gas that they were exposed to during World War I damaged their lungs and especially their minds. The veterans were wiped out from shell shock and artillery. When they heard the slightest sound they would scream. These were men in my neighborhood. The lessons of what happens to men in war was around me all the time
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This is a book about a man of war and we are all born to die. It tells how a man chose to live until he died. And this is a book about a man whom I deeply love who has shown me the terrible facing of death that is military. Thank God he is still alive, but I live everyday as a woman who loves a man who is closer to God, eternity and his past than he is to me. This is a book of one warrior who speaks for all warriors who don’t speak about their experiences of war. From 15 years of age to eighty- seven years of age Jack forgot himself to serve his country. He was a body guard to three U.S Presidents who chose him because they knew he would surrender his life to protect them.
Jack generously, although unwillingly, expressed his war experiences. Men of war hide violence. Jack has expressed this to me. I am grateful to be his wife and a woman that he loves. I am fortunate to be able to give this gift of Jack’s privacy to the world.
About the Author
Charlene Victoria Dixon-Anthony has written many unpublished works. She holds four college degrees and has done most of her secular work in the fields of social welfare, education and social work.
Her interest in her country has inspired her to write this book about her husband, Jack Anthony, who she believes is a man amongst men in every since of the word American. Her desire is for the readers of this book to gain an understanding of Jack’s experiences as a young man, a man of war and a family man. It covers Jack’s involvement in World War II, the Korean War and twenty-eight years law enforcement as a Detective-Sergeant on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as well as his work in aerospace as an investigator.