Dragon's Dialogue by Anthony Jerome Brown

Of course, the Cold war was going on, too. My hope was an assignment in Vietnam but we started pulling out forces so I was sent to Germany where we received some of the wounded. I initially joined to help take care of the soldiers who were hurt since they did not ask to be there in the first place. Since it was a draft army it was made up of everyone from every walk of life. Everyone worked together, the chief nurse would come and help pass out meal trays. I have wonderful memories of working long 12-hour days, six days a week, with one weekend off every 8 to 10 weeks. For a farm girl with three sisters it was a great way to get a college education.

I joined the Army because it would pay for two years of college and then I would serve three years of active duty. There was a time when 24 hours seemed like forever and a week could be eternity. I was living on my parents' farm near the little town of Seneca, South Dakota located in western Faulk County. Shortly after high school graduation, at age 18, I was drafted. Tales of the Vietnam War from the Veterans who lived it.īelow, you will find an illustration of the Vietnam War told by the sons and daughters of South Dakota as they lived it through personal experience, heroic actions and tragic loss. Free Highly Rural Transportation Program.Brown called his cousin, Julius Holder, 26, and told him to 'bring the fire,' meaning a gun. Earlier, Frazer had had an altercation and threatened a woman at the house on Anderson Road where he lived and where Brown sometimes stayed.Ībel told Merritt on Thursday that Frazer had provoked the men by flashing a knife. Bottom, 32, and Brown both had been charged with first-degree murder, but struck deals with the State Attorney's Office based on their cooperation in the case.Īccording to authorities' account, Brown and Frazer had argued hours before Frazer was killed in March 2011. His loved ones burst into tears.Ī few moments later, Merritt sentenced Charles Bottom to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter. With that, the judge sentenced Brown to 25 years in prison, five years shy of the maximum penalty.īrown slumped over, resting his elbows on the lectern and staring into its surface. When you make bad choices, you're accountable, and you have to pay the consequences.' 'Sometimes good choices, sometimes bad choices, but we have to own them. 'Look at the asset our society would have by having Dunell go to schools, to religious groups, to community centers, and tell students, 'Look at me look how easy it is to get in trouble,' ' Abel said. Attorney Ed Abel asked Merritt to consider giving his client another chance to do his father's legacy proud.

Dragon's Dialogue by Anthony Jerome Brown