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Biography of one of the most distinguished figures in US Military history who served his country with great distinction in war and peace.
The biography of an intellectually honest man of incorruptible / indefatigable vision who saw things the way they really were/the way they should be and tried to make a difference. This student of philosophy understood that the future of the world lay, even beyond his vision, in the hands of the young and dedicated himself to the education and preparation of our young people so that future might be secure. He saw injustice and stood up for his ideals, and while righting those wrongs, never recognized the imposition of limits – on anyone, anywhere, including himself.
Colonel Buxton was a biblical scholar and man of high moral character who held his deep and abiding faith, privately, close to his heart but always willing to share his testimony with those in crisis or winding their way through life. As the conscience of a generation he became a part of all that he met, never afraid to make critical decisions or tackle difficult issues, never compromising his professional ethics or individual values and moral principles.
A progressive, his highly principled politics were issue-based, both liberal and conservative and not a matter of convenience. Colonel Buxton advised Presidents on both sides of the aisle on matters of national, strategic importance. He embraced an earnest, egalitarian and loyal debate on all issues. Always diplomatic as the ultimate consensus builder, he was also frank, open, honest, and sincere - an expression of his personal integrity.
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Buxton, like former president Teddy Roosevelt, was a major force for military preparedness particularly as World War I loomed. Buxton provided counsel and was advisor to former president Teddy Roosevelt and then President Woodrow Wilson relative to the preparedness effort. Sergeant York in his 1928 biography recalled, “He had taken part in the Preparedness Campaign with ex-President Roosevelt. He went to Plattsburg and he was one of the first officers to be commissioned there. He went all over the country preaching Preparedness.”
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