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This is something that, later in life, Clark lamented and regretted.

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Wesley Clark was unaware of his Jewish ancestry throughout his childhood, as his mother hid this from him to protect him from the Anti-Semitic sentiments of the Ku Klux Klan hate group. The group was particularly anti-Jewish in the southern United States where Clark spent most of his childhood. Clark applied and was selected for the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, officially beginning his military career on his first day of classes on July 2, While at Oxford, Clark learned of his Jewish lineage from an English cousin.

In , Clark married his first wife, Gertrude Kingston , later converting to her religion of Catholicism. Wesley Clark worked as a staff officer during the Vietnam War, having first travelled to Vietnam on May 21, Clark was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, and mainly helped gather data and intelligence as well as planning strategy for the company.

Clark earned a Bronze Star for his involvement in this work. Clark was shot four times by a Viet Cong soldier about one month into a new position as commander. He was able to meet his infant son, Wesley Clark Junior, for the first time during his recovery.