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Cold War US Army tank driver at the Iron Curtain (282)

Cold War Conversations

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I Wanted to Be an Adventurer

I grew up in Newark, New Jersey Originally in a neighborhood called the iron bound so that gives you a little bit of an idea of the environment and There were riots there we moved across the river to Carney. I was one of those kids who At home at night Was calculating the distance from the earth to Jupiter So he could build a spaceship and fly there And then during the day was failing all my science classesSo there was a bit of a disconnect The ambition was there. You know nobody in my family Had ever gone to college, you know, even in his extended family.

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