{"id":27470,"date":"2024-05-15T07:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=27470"},"modified":"2024-05-15T07:59:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:59:41","slug":"wlbott-re-reading-list-part-iii-of-xvii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=27470","title":{"rendered":"WLBOTT Re-Reading List (part III of XVII)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of our Re-Reading series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A survey for the elders – which books have you \u2018reread\u2019 the most? I\u2019m not asking for favorite books or most compelling, but which books have continued to read again?<\/p>\nUC#3<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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UC#3: Col. Red Reeder \/ West Point Plebe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Colonel Russell Potter “Red” Reeder Jr.<\/strong> (March 4, 1902 \u2013 February 22, 1998) was a United States Army officer and writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reeder was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on March 4, 1902. His father, Russell Potter Reeder, Sr., was an officer in the United States Army. Reeder and his family moved to different military bases around the country. He wrote about his army upbringing in the book Born at Reveille. At the age of eleven, he saved the life of a drowning younger child in Casco Bay, Maine. He was awarded the Treasury Department Silver Lifesaving Medal for this achievement in August 1913. Reeder entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in June 1920 with an appointment from Alabama, played football and baseball as a cadet, and graduated as a member of the Class of 1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 1944, Reeder was assigned to command the 12th Infantry Regiment within the Fourth Infantry Division. Reeder’s regiment of 3,200 soldiers fought on Utah Beach during D-Day<\/strong>. On June 11, 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, Reeder received a shrapnel wound in his ankle that almost severed his left leg. Reeder was taken back to England, then to the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington and his leg was amputated. He retired because of his disability in September 1945, but remained on active duty until October 1948.<\/p>\nWikipedia<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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UC#3: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of my all-time favorite books. The words are beautiful, the imagery is beautiful, the thought-provoking mystical optimism is inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A long-term WLBOTT<\/strong> project has been to illustrate this classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran<\/a><\/blockquote>