Before the Colors Fade

About the Book

Before the Colors Fade is Lawrence R. Stack’s attempt to provide his children and grandchildren with an account of what it was like to be an ambitious young man in the America of the early 1950s. Stack wanted to become a soldier, just like the heroes of his youth. This book describes how he managed to achieve that goal, and it tells of the many fascinating people he met along the way. He writes of the stresses and the exhilaration of war, as well as of his later sojourns in the world of American business, which really proved to be just another form of war zone.

About the Author

Lawrence R. Stack served for over thirty years in the Regular Army and Army Reserve, retiring as a Colonel. From 1968 to 1969, he was an intelligence officer in Vietnam. After he left the Regular Army, he entered the investment business, ultimately retiring as President of a national financial advisory firm. He holds BA and MA degrees from DePaul University, a JD from Loyola University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Currently he is an adjunct Professor of History at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He and his wife Nancy live in Lake Forest, Illinois.