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Kids like me didnt go to Vietnam," writes Jack McLean in his compulsively readable memoir. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, but decided to put college on hold.



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Jack McLean

Learn more at:www.jackmclean.usJack McLean served as an infantry corporal with the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam in 1967-1968. He subsequently became the first Vietnam veteran admitted to Harvard University, entering during the tempestuous fall of 1968 days after his return from combat.McLean has since been a successful marketing executive, notable as the Founding Managing Partner of the Greater Washington Initiative. His favorite early job was that of Assistant Ticket Manager of the New York Mets Baseball Team.A native of Summit, New Jersey, McLean's career has taken him to New York, Boston, Portland, ME, Charlotte, and Washington, DC. He is the father of three daughters (Sarah, Martha, and Sylvia), and has four grandchildren.He is currently lives and writes in Fort Lee, NJ.



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