The American TFP

Ideals To Aspire To

by Rear Admiral William A. Heine, USNR, Ret. and Colonel Michael D. Wyly, USMC, Ret. March 5, 2021October 4, 2010

A Case for Moral Courage: How Colonel John Ripley Exemplified the Trait - and What We Can All Learn from Him 2

Review of An American Knight by Rear Admiral William A. Heine, USNR, Retired and Colonel Michael D. Wyly, USMC, Retired. Both men were classmates of Colonel John Ripley, Class of 1962, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. A lone U.S. Marine hand-walked, gripping the girders underneath the bridge over the Cua Viet River in … Read more

The Song Is Ended but the Melody Lingers On

by Mary Susan Goodykoontz December 5, 2016July 9, 2010

June 29, 2010 would have been the 71st Birthday of Colonel John Ripley. Although he is no longer with us, his memory, as Mary Susan Goodykoontz says so well in this book review of An American Knight, will live on forever. “While the world knew my brother John as a Navy Cross … Read more