Darby joins US Army, like Dad back twice from Vietnam. Poor kid way to College= VA Benefits during War.
Dad had never asked Darby to aim higher than a High School Diploma. At 17 he had done it, w/ honors after 13 school changes ending in Alabama. 4 days later, w $4 on his 10-speed bike, he peddled away.
Thirty miles away was his high school friend, who had dropped out and missed his finish line, the graduation by two weeks before the end of school. The fight with his dad while trying to stop him from beating his mother led to him being kicked out of the house. He quit school and left town that same day. Darby was shocked as that was his best friend, a …
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