A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service in the
Vietnam War--and ahead to America's future.
Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and
his men came under devastating attack. Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took
command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again, saving
fourteen lives--for which he received the Medal of Honor.
Here, Col. Jacobs tells his stirring story of heroism, honor, and the
personal code by which he has lived his life, and expounds with blunt
honesty and insight his views on our contemporary world, and the nature
and necessity of sacrifice.
If Not Now, When? is a compelling account of a unique life at both war
and peace, and the all-too-often unexamined role of the citizenry in the
service and defense of the Republic.