“The military is sort of the ultimate test of proving that you're a man, and certainly that whole idea was very much uppermost in my mind when I joined the Army.” MenMindIdeasWholeMilitaryProveTestsUltimateArmy Author:Peter P. Mahoney
“Because I was into like proving myself, which was one of the big things that ah, that the whole military experience sort of offers a kid at that age, um, I went to officer candidate school. Um, and I graduated as a second lieutenant at the age of nineteen.” WholeBigsKidsAgeSchoolMilitaryOffersProveCandidatesOfficersBig ThingsNineteenLieutenantsMilitary Experience Author:Peter P. Mahoney
“There was a part, you know, obviously there was a part of the whole I military experience that you know like hooks right into the whole boyhood experience that that you know most American boys have growing up, you know, which is proving your manhood by proving how hard you are, by proving that you can take it.” KnowsHardWholeBoysGrowing UpGrowingMilitaryProveManhoodHookBoyhoodMilitary Experience Author:Peter P. Mahoney