Tag: basic training
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U.S. Army Veteran Shares Painful Experiences of Military Racism, Part 7
“WE HAD JUST LOST CONTROL” by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 5, 2018) — Our last installment of Capt. Gary Mason’s story ended on the note that he had asked an Army recruiter if he could return to active duty for financial reasons while finishing his Divinity degree toward ordination as a U.S. Army chaplain. Mason enlisted…
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Winning Life’s Lottery
“DIFFICULT, CHARACTER-BUILDING YEARS” by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2015 (May 22, 2015) — I realize that it may be a bit un-cool to dwell too much on one’s own life experiences, but I have a point to make and I hope that I will be forgiven for doing so. I was born in 1933, in St. Louis County,…