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John Wheeler
Books: Touched with Fire, Vietnam: The Retrospect: Coming to Grips with Vietnam, You Were Never Born

2007-08-05 14:21:23 · 1 answers · asked by sdt3 1 in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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"I had a picture of a seven-year-old throwing a Frisbee around on the grass … but it’s treated as a spiritual place." ~~John Wheeler, former Chairman, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee, on Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC, Time 15 Apr 85

Here's another quote:

''In our country our monuments all have to do with war, but this is about the soldiers, not about the war.'' John Wheeler, New York Times, September 16, 1988

You are right. It's not easy finding information on Mr. Wheeler or his books.

That said I find the Google book search engine to be a remarkable place to learn things about even the most obscure books.

Here is the search for "Touched with Fire," which includes links to a review, references from web pages, and references from books.

http://books.google.com/books?id=2VpYAgAACAAJ&dq=intitle:Touched+intitle:with+intitle:Fire

Good luck with the remainder of the search.

FYI:

John Wheeler is the Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. His mission is to carry out tasks and monitor programs in support of goals as directed, and support the Secretary with data gathering, team organization, liaison, analysis and/or options for action.

More bio details:
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=8482

Here's an article by him from washingtonpost.com:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/29/AR2005052900913.html

P.S. You might actually try writing to him and telling him what information you are seeking. My former father-in-law has had great success getting direct response from authors. There is no better resource for finding out who a person's critics are than the person himself.

2007-08-09 02:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0 0

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