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David Lipsky's Absolutely American

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The author of Absolutely American, David Lipsky’s father believes the military was not a profession and told Lipsky and his brother as kids that they could never join military; and if they did he will hire some big guys to hunt them down and break both of their legs. This frightens Lipsky and his brother as kids, so they grew up hating the military. Lipsky was inspired to write Absolutely American as he began to realized how much he really loved road marching. Many of the cadets would refer to road marching as “hazing or sucking” at West Point, but Lipsky found it quite amusing. This is when Lipsky first gain positive exposure to the military. As time goes on Lipsky found himself getting stuck with a West Point company who was spending their
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