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A Noble Soldier's Life Story

A Noble Soldier's Life Story Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant. Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr., USA Ret. Naval Institute Press. 336 pages; black-and-white photographs; index; $29.95.

By Don DeNevi

In an endearing, poignant foreword to her husband's Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant, Louise Thornton Becton concludes simply, "I believe that he is a naturalborn leader."

Like courage and integrity, true leadership is difficult to define, its roots inexplicable. A random gift of nature? Hardly. Inherited? Maybe. In Gen. Becton's case, it was clearly nurtured early on by kind, loving parents conscious of fostering an intrinsic value system. Later, when ...

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