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Author's Synopsis
LeRoy Perry Ades was a child of the Great Depression, spending four of his formative years in foster care. He fulfilled his life's ambition of attending the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point, NY, graduating in 1953. His twenty-year Army career included two tours in Germany, two tours in Saudi Arabia, three tours at Fort Polk, LA, and a deployment to Vietnam. His stories in this book span his childhood and military career and are interwoven with commentary and photos provided by his older daughter, Leah Ades Cooper. They tell of trials that formed his character, experiences with royalty and with Army privates, foreign cultures, reflections on combat, and how he came to terms with his placement in a foster home. In short, they are "Recollections of A Life Well-Lived."
Format(s) for review: Paper Only
Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 335 / 59,614