Book

When One Cadet Chose Conscience Over Command 

In the rigid halls of West Point during the Vietnam War, one cadet dared to challenge the very foundation he trained on. 

Cary Donham was on track to become a U.S. Army officer—top of his class, disciplined, and devoted. But as the drums of war grew louder, so did the voice inside him that said: This is wrong. In a place built to forge warriors, he became a conscientious objector. H was the first and only cadet in West Point’s history to request release on moral grounds. 

A Wrinkle in the Long Gray Line is his own reflective journey. It’s a coming-of-age memoir shaped by faith, family, and the crushing weight of expectation. But more than that, it’s a meditation on courage—the kind that doesn’t storm a battlefield but instead stands still in the face of conformity.