SHINY BOOTS
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Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The summer of 1988, Rick Carr was a Sergeant and one of 500 soldiers signed up for one of the army's toughest tests: a six-month-long Special Forces qualification course to become a Green Beret. Most of the people were infantrymen, macho football-player typer, with the kind of build you see on the cober of a fitness magazine. They were used to hoofing for miles with heavy field packs. Rick was chunky and out of shape. His background was military intelligence, where he sat at a desk akk day and alalyzed information. In high school, Rick was first string... on the chess team, if that helps you get the picture.
Rick was not surprised when no one would give him the time of day...