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    Arrested Potential: Through the Eyes of a Soldier
    Arrested Potential: Through the Eyes of a Soldier
    Arrested Potential: Through the Eyes of a Soldier
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    Arrested Potential: Through the Eyes of a Soldier

    By g. m. jones

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    A must read book for the 21st Century. The journey of an ordinary black man, who fights an unpopular war as a young man and confronted with death becomes disillusioned with society until he is almost a statistic. Subsequently, he manages to come to a better understanding of life experiences and their impact upon his future through the "school of hard knocks." Realizing that he is his own worst enemy and a change must be made, shaped by his parents and a community, embarks on a path that takes him half way around the world and home again.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 20, 2012
    ISBN9781477240250
    Arrested Potential: Through the Eyes of a Soldier
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    g. m. jones

    Gene Jones (g.m.jones) was raised in southeastern North Carolina, graduated in 1968 from Lumberton High School and was an army war veteran. A draftee, he entered the United States Army in 1969 and six months later was forced to fight in an unpopular war. After being discharged in 1973, he reenlisted into the Army in 1975. He retired from the Army in 1992. His military career took him " to " Vietnam, Germany, Panama, and various stateside assignments. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1994, at the ripe age of 43. Not being able to find work in his community, employment took him to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq. As a child growing up in the rural South he experienced the White and Colored water fountains, bathrooms, and not being able to dine with the majority race. While living in public housing, he had seen the procession of the KKK shouting obscenities and blowing their horns as they navigated the streets of his neighborhood. He witnessed his father working at menial jobs and his mother riding in the back seat of her White employer's car going to and from work. After his Army career ended and being away from community, he found not much had changed for the betterment of Blacks. Disillusioned at the plight of the young Black males in the United States and his community, he shares his life experiences to encourage and motivate them to live up to their potential. Through life experiences he learned that a Black male must realize that he and only he control their faith and destiny. This is a book about his journey.

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