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“The Air Force was confused about what it wanted me to be when I grew up. I applied for an ROTC scholarship out of high school because I wanted to be an astronaut. None of my teachers had ever broken the news to me that I couldn’t fly into space, so the third-grade dream remained.”

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Book:The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows

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“I’m back. I’m still here. I never left.”

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Book:The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows

Source: The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows

“But the shock wears off, more quickly for some, but eventually for most. Fast food and alcohol are seductive, and I didn’t fight too hard. Your old routine is easy to fall back into, preferences and tastes return. It’s not hard to be a fussy, overstuffed American. After a couple of months, home is no longer foreign, and you are free to resume your old life. I thought I did. Resume my old life, that is. I was wrong.”

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Book:The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows

Source: The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows