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Army Brat Life


Chapter 21: ROTC Advanced Camp — Summer of 1980
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A memoir of Service, Shame and the Search for Truth Time for Army ROTC Advanced Camp After finishing my junior year at Notre Dame — three years of increasingly difficult Military Science courses, drill, and early morning PT — it was finally time for the…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Aug 2212 min read


Chapter 20: Junior Year at Notre Dame
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See — A memoir of Service, Shame and the Search for Truth Return to Notre Dame I flew back to Notre Dame on Saturday, August 25, 1979, ready to start my junior year at Notre Dame. I used to love flying into Saint Joseph County Airport [SBN] and…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Aug 1918 min read


Chapter 17: Winter Break, Second Semester at Notre Dame & Summer Fun
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See — A memoir of Service, Shame and the Search for Truth Christmas Break at Fort Leavenworth As soon as I finished my last final examination at Notre Dame, which was on the absolute last day of finals on December 22nd, I ran back to…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Aug 116 min read


Chapter 13: The Summer Between
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth The Summer of 1977: Family to Fort Leavenworth and I to College The summer of 1977 marked a huge transition in my life — the bridge between childhood and independence, high school and college, Germany…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 228 min read


Chapter 12: Bad Kreuznach, Germany; Duty, Discipline and a Defining Choice
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth Bad Kreuznach Germany Dad transfers to 8th Infantry Division HQ and I Enter Bad Kreuznach American High School It was mid-junior year, right around New Year’s Day 1976, when my life changed again. We moved…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 2218 min read


Chapter 9: MACV-SOG: My Father’s Top Secret Mission as a Black Operations Green Beret
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth Distintivie Unit Patches, Flashes, and Badges of the Special Operations: Military Assistance Command Vietnam–Studies & Observation Group (MACV-SOG) The Vietnam War was America’s longest and most controversial conflict, and at its murky core lay a…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 2211 min read


Chapter 8: Return to Heidelberg, Our Second Tour of Germany
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth Second Tour in Heidelberg, Germany When I was ten years old, our family once again packed up our lives and headed overseas — this time for our second tour in Germany. My father had received…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 228 min read


Chapter 7: Command & General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth Return to the Command & General Staff College as a Tactical Instructor After returning from Vietnam, the Army sent my father to the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth. This wasn’t just…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 227 min read


Chapter 6: A Year in Vermont as Dad Returns to His Alma Mater
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth Return to Norwich University After completing his tour of duty in Korea, my father received new orders that must have filled him with pride: he was to return to his alma mater, Norwich University —…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 226 min read


Chapter 5: Dad’s First Tour of Duty in Vietnam (1966–1967)
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth Assignment to MACV as Cavalry Tactical Advisor in Vietnam In 1966, the war in Vietnam escalated, and our family felt its reach personally. My father received orders from the Pentagon to deploy to the Republic…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 227 min read


Chapter 4: Our First Tour in Germany: Fulda and Heidelberg
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See — A memoir of Service, Shame and the Search for Truth Dad Gets Orders for Fulda, Germany In 1964, during the height of the Cold War, my father received deployment orders to Fulda, West Germany. The Berlin Wall had only recently gone up, and…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 2211 min read


Chapter 3: A New Airborne Officer's Career
<p>Believe Nothing You Hear, and Only Half of What You See—A Memoir of Service, Shame, and the Search for Truth Army Commissions Father a Cavalry Lieutenant Father Receives Orders for Fort Knox, Kentucky After graduating from Norwich University on December 18, 1958, the President of the United States commissioned my father into the United States…</p>

Anthony Carbone
Jul 229 min read
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