The Perfection of Valor

Colonel Fletcher Hinton USMC Retired has had a storied career but one aspect of his life remains wanting as his end approaches: family. Son Cary a former Marine and now a college professor is about to marry outside his race and the old man suffering a bout of dementia insults Carys fiancee. Too Cary has moved his mother away from Fletcher fearing the old man has hit her. This then is Fletcher Hintons final battle - proving himself a good father and husband as he copes with the stain that seems to tarnish his name and through him the Corps.