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Never Surrender by LTG (Ret) William G. Boykin
August 8, 2008
From his childhood in the North Carolina tobacco fields to the Army, Lt. General William G. (Jerry) Boykin tells the story of his life and his career in his new book, Never Surrender, with his co-author Lynn Vincent. Through the triumphs and trials of his career, one constant in LTG Boykin’s life was his Christian faith and how that faith sustained him through various missions, deaths of close comrades in combat and the attack upon his character, and threat to his career, from the media.
Boykin always wanted to be a Soldier, growing up in a family with a rich military history. His story is an amazing journey from the tobacco fields, through college at Virginia Tech and his acceptance into the Corps of Cadets (ROTC), into his first duties as an officer. His story details his experiences in Ranger School at Fort Benning, a stint in Korea and eventually Viet Nam at the end of the Viet Nam war, to the call he received in 1977 at his new duty station at the Florida Ranger Camp at Elgin AFB, which lead him into being one of the “elite warriors” chosen to make up the first DELTA Force.
Throughout his career, participating in various missions that are a part of recent history, such as the Iran Hostage Crisis, to the jungles of Panama, the capture of drug lords in Columbia and the operation of “Black Hawk Down” fame in Mogadishu, General Boykin relied on his Christian beliefs and faith in God to sustain him through the loss of close friends, life threatening injuries to himself during these missions and threats on his career, in the form of personal attacks by certain members of the media. With thirty-six years in the military, Boykin’s career eventually led him to the Pentagon as commander of the US Army Special Forces and culminating as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
Boykin details how, after the attack on the US on Sept 11, 2001, he was invited to speak religious functions, about his faith and how it sustained him through the ups and downs of his career. He shares with the readers how certain members of the media, who never even took the time to interview him, took his words out of context, creating a firestorm of innuendo, lies, and half truths, that would threaten his career. How those members of the media, attempted to paint him as a crazed religious zealot and how that affected both his personal life and his life on the job. He details how he personally requested a Inspector General’s investigation, because he knew he’d done nothing wrong and was exonerated of everything that the media had accused him of.
This is a book that will capture your interest from the first page to the very last page. You won’t want to put it down … I know I didn’t. This is a personal and riveting account of one warriors life in the military. It’s a book that I would recommend to anyone who wanted to get an intimate glimpse of the type of warrior that serves in today’s Armed Forces.
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Phenomenal Book; a must read for those in doubt of where the US Military stands regarding your personal beliefs versus public sentiment and the slanted press. While I am not of deep religious faith, I support LTG Boykin and his personal relationaship with God. He is a true warrior and Leader, yet the Army and his superiors were ready to throw him to the wolves despite his incredible career and the fact HE DID NOTHING WRONG. I will recommend this book to all my friends and fellow Soldiers and Veterans.
LTG Boykin- you are a GREAT American. Never Surrender!
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