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LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A WOLFHOUND

Standing Tall: Leadership Lessons in the Life of a Soldier

By Lt. Gen. Robert F. Foley, U.S. Army Ret., Casemate Publishers, 2022, $34.95

Lt. Gen. Robert F. Foley has led a distinguished career in the U.S. Army. Graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he served as a company commander in Vietnam with the 27th Infantry Regiment, famed as the “Wolfhounds,” and received the Medal of Honor for his actions during Operation Attleboro in November 1966. Foley subsequently rose to become a battalion and brigade commander with the 3rd Infantry Division in Germany, served as West Point commandant of cadets, and was commanding

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