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Former Congresswoman Val Demings

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Last Checked Feb. 23, 2022

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Sat Feb 05 13:44:20 +0000 2022

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

He tried to join the school's aviation program, but was denied. Then, he learned of an available Navy program, and enlisted. He wanted to fly. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 5, 2022

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

Following in the footsteps of his childhood hero, Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens, he attended Ohio State University, paying his way with jobs as a waiter, janitor, store clerk, dry cleaner, and boxcar loader, working until midnight but maintaining top grades. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 5, 2022

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Former Congresswoman Val Demings @RepValDemings

One trainer, Roland Christensen, befriended the lone Black recruit and volunteered to teach him. They remained friends long after. "I'm trying to get accepted into this place here," Brown wrote in one letter to Christensen after a transfer. "I guess that I shall, finally." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 5, 2022

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