The nation has started to realize it is going to be involved in a protracted, violent conflict as the fighting has intensified. As this is going on, Willie, the president's adored eleven-year-old son, is critically ill and resting upstairs in the White House. Willie passes away in a few days, defying expectations that he will recover, and is buried in a Georgetown cemetery. The president remarks at the time, "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth." "God has called him home." I also review this book on other book publishing platforms too.