{"id":114155,"date":"2021-06-02T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=114155"},"modified":"2021-06-02T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:35:41","slug":"sole-surviving-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=114155","title":{"rendered":"Sole Surviving Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"
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American soldier kneeling at a veterans grave on Memorial Day.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This post is a few days late but I thought it was worth mentioning.<\/p>\n

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Navy SEAL, Green Beret killed in Afghanistan, leaving Marine brother ‘Sole Survivor’<\/a><\/h3>\n

As Beau came of age he would again follow his brothers \u2014 this time into the military, into the world of combat, into Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

But Jeremy and then Ben wouldn\u2019t return. In just over two years, one explosion and one firefight would leave Beau the oldest living Wise brother, earning him the Department of Defense\u2019s unwelcome designation of \u201cSole Survivor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beau immortalized his brothers in the book\u00a0\u201cThree Wise Men,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0a memoir co-written with author Tom Sileo.<\/p>\n

They describe the brothers coming of age in the Wise home, with inter-sibling rivalry and criticism more often than not revealing itself to be a form of caring.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Later…<\/p>\n

Beau has given his big brothers new life in \u201cThree Wise Men\u201d \u2014 their mischievousness, their seriousness, their heroism.<\/p>\n

Ben Wise was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, the nation\u2019s third-highest military medal for valor. Jeremy Wise was posthumously awarded the CIA\u2019s equivalent decoration, the Intelligence Star, with his name etched in the agency\u2019s Book of Honor.<\/p>\n

Beau left active-duty service in 2016. He and his wife, Amber, have since adopted a son and daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though our kids never got to meet my brothers,\u201d Beau wrote in the afterword of \u201cThree Wise Men,\u201d \u201cthey will most certainly grow up learning about the heroism of Uncle Jeremy and Uncle Ben.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Very moving story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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