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After getting underway, Wynn, needing assurance, did some self-examination. Most men had the same questions about themselves, he believed. They always did. Once basic survival was secure—not a big issue anymore for the typical American—more complex motivations such as personal desires and ambitions became drivers. Wynn’s own life had led to the Army. But why?
Arlington National Cemetery had made a big impact on him. All his converging inner impulses and interests, the military readings, the talks with his grandfather, all those had moved him in the direction of the military. So he’d joined ROTC the last two years in college.
A weekend trip to DC had been crucial. He and three or four of his fraternity brothers at Temple used to go down to DC once or twice a quarter during their sophom
