november july american soldier served crippled eagles loosely organised group fighting government today country bush war devout christian anti communist african american historian described white political ultra right american fatality war moved join army day graduating college home town columbus ohio served killed action kept journal service posthumously published martyr speaks received united_states marine_corps officer training studies track receive commission requested discharge left asserting government revolutionary conspiracy communists fighting allow better defend western interests joined passed rank november receiving recognition army best recruits year political views led fall favour expulsion officer training programme october ultimately leaving unit months later posted commando battalion july concurrently promotion corporal served instructor commando officer exerted influence tactical doctrine making numerous suggestions superiors pioneering combat role caused nicknamed fighting killed action country north july shot head running open treat fallen comrades remains originally buried central ohio journal letters home compiled martyr speaks mother soon died published early life born columbus ohio november george devout christians growing john keen boy scout attained organisation rank attended campus home town studying forestry studies enlisted officer training program cadet platoon leaders class time taught local sunday school like parents christian held views communism believed inherently evil system government geared ultimate destruction christianity west later wrote murder million people communists china soviet_union october revolution souls millions opinion retention society rooted traditional western culture christian faith prevent happening military career motivations track receive officer commission marines soon graduated college severely disillusioned course vietnam war america failure win war developed theory united_states government revolutionary conspiracy communists claimed deliberately bringing defeat vietnam americans precursor bringing united_states world government attention caught situation today war pitted government predominantly country minority whites communist backed black nationalist guerrilla groups interpreted holding line behalf communism better serve united_states western world fought marine_corps successfully requested discharge marines received commission flew southern africa day graduated ohio_state late march join foreigners like volunteered received pay conditions service local regulars motivated viewed kind day kept thorough journal thoughts experiences army service believe god intended come purpose wrote soon enlisting action cost officer commission citizenship revoked country circumstances told historian believed communists compromised levels government serving helping unify people foreign conspiracy religious views affected views believed existence prior second coming christ contrary destroyed foreign soldiers required immediately commit years service volunteered arrival joined elite commando unit foreigners room decorated quarters flags home countries performed initial training recognised recruits passing november year rank picked january instruction officer training new role contributed articles south african publications sending work pseudonym political religious views reflected journal continued september expressed profound joy overthrow chile president painted incident victory christianity west october submitted article detailing views america foreign policy army magazine firmly anti establishment piece myth american anti communism deemed subversive army blocked publication removed officer training programme soon officially temperament disappointed expulsion suspicious true reasoning complain writing ordinary free broadcast views public saw combat action november covert external operation portuguese north western enjoyed comparing experience american indian wars 19th century following month informed commanding officer going patrol commander words worth felt considered leaving resolved stay fight despite commander order remain base joined patrol crossed border january commanding officer flew rage discovered weeks later immediately brought myth american anti communism secured publication conservative nationally distributed journal february days later barred taking parachute exercise unit february instructed choose army corps regiment 18th longer wanted request transfer granted accordingly placed month medical course starting april completion july promoted corporal posted commando battalion installed instructor expressed pride teaching marine way pleased meet americans particularly fellow marines american forces tended try stay associate later informally dubbed crippled eagles american author moved salisbury august unofficial patron liked respected fellow soldiers turn regarded strong capable brave mutual animosity concerning respective lifestyles duty live pleasure wrote journal drinking christian soldier despised ridiculed acquitted eyes superiors following soon joining unit mustered specialist tracking mortars armoured vehicle driving working took missions capacity nicknamed fighting insistence joining combat political views prevented officer continued tactical suggestions superiors adopted example combat introduced patrols suggestion following example ideas proposed use weapons weapon starvation received recovering journal family discovered portions discussed army operations detail brief passages occasionally months time censored army cases removed entirely apart entry december wrote loneliness christmas desire married word remained november having engaged young woman successfully filed citizenship leave june renewed passport south_africa wrote friend filling papers portrait death july unit contacted group near river north east area covered operation hurricane killed insurgents loss fell set ambush position underneath roots trees patrol summoned troops commando arrived soon attached commando time accompanied troop patrol combat troop sweep river line rounding bend stream suddenly fired hidden sergeant killed suffered gunshot wound leg insurgents held fire prevent giving position away incorrectly believing inactivity fled thinking fallen soldiers alive major ordered leader troop lieutenant sweep river send treat men lieutenant led men bend carefully keeping cover sent open treatment red_cross flag clearly visible came cover bodies ground concealed immediately opened fire fatally shot head body fell feet american fatality bush war contact died eventually ended wounded soldier corporal killed insurgents escaped loss number reactions death funeral burial parents received letters world including governor georgia secretary far right liberty lobby member radical political group life death propaganda movements according nation american nazi paper july liberty lobby announced posthumous award commemorate united_states members public donated money help family travel attend funeral service arrival parents told believed death vain fallen defending fighting communism left western world july received military funeral buried central town living parents standing brother edward gave eulogy strongly stressed family religious ideological beliefs said brother achieved greatest christian virtues sacrifice family returned ohio compiled son journal selection letters home book entitled martyr speaks attempted published controversial views contained including dedication journal american dead korea vietnam betrayed government book turned publishers decade remains ohio near family home martyr speaks released years death religious press north_carolina publications march brooks pat martyr speaks north_carolina new library isbn
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