James B. WellsOne week from today, on Father’s Day weekend, we will launch my investigative memoir titled Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find the Father He Never Knew. The event will take place at 4:00 PM on June 14 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington Green. This event is more than just a book launch; […]
“They say a person dies twice — once when they have their physical death and the second time when we stop saying their name.” https://jamesbwells.com/2023/09/25/giving-life/ This Memorial Day weekend, I wish to honor and mention the names of Wells family members who volunteered to defend our country during wartime. My great-great-grandfather Richard Wells cut down […]
My father’s military personnel file reveals that he was awarded his first Combat Infantryman Badge, the Asiatic Campaign Medal with a bronze arrowhead, and two Bronze Stars, which indicate three initial assault landings. He also received a Bronze Star with a “V” for valor during the Philippines campaign in World War II. In the fall of […]
This Memorial Day weekend I find myself thinking again of my father’s death in Vietnam. At one time, I was upset that my father, who was killed very early in the Vietnam War (September 27, 1965), doesn’t have his name on the Vietnam War Memorial Wall. If his name were there, it would be on […]
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