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Overseas Living
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 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
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