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A Vietnam veteran finds peace after a lifetime of tumult in J. Gregory Street's eye-opening new memoir, Horse & Rabbit Stew: It's Probably Because I Was A Breech Birth. A precocious child who turns into a rebellious teenager, Street barely holds his life together. After sneaking out of high school and squeaking into college, he soon finds himself banished-running headfirst into the arms of the United States Army and the war in Vietnam. Street endeavored to avoid the infantry but was assigned to the First Infantry Division's cavalry squadron-The Big Red One; The Bloody Red One. That life-altering venture, after a startling in-country adjustment, leads him to personal success, complete with decoration and rapid promotion. Street's world later crashes when he is faced with charges for a crime that, if convicted, could get him the death penalty. The bogus charges soon vanish, but the insult to his honor remains. Street finds himself wrestling with a host of mixed emotions both in-country and upon his return home. Angry and confused, he launches into a life full of heady triumphs and tragic memories. PTSD does not enter Street's mind until he receives accidental counseling, sparking an emotional turn-around. Over the decades after returning home, Street struggles with his demons making slow progress. He does manage to find and marry the love of his life, complete his education, and successfully co-found three (and sell two) companies. A lifelong love of aviation provides a new challenge and Street realizes the biggest obstacle in his life had always been . . . himself. In this riveting memoir readers will marvel at the shocking exploits and profound changes of a man who comes to embrace both the life he has already lived for its bold and broad experiences and the promising life yet to come.

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J. Gregory Street is the grandson of popular Southern (Mississippi) novelist and short story writer, James Howell Street, who died at age fifty in 1954, and the great-great-grandson of Irene Elliott Benson, whose writing included a Camp Fire Girls novel series and several tales of the Jimmy-John twins. He earned a BBA-Management from Georgia State University and is a Vietnam combat veteran, serving with the Quarter Cav, the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1969-1970. In 1974, Greg pursued a long-held desire to fly. Today he is an experienced Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor with multi-engine and instrument ratings and thousands of hours of flight time. A manager by education and experience, he is an entrepreneur by temperament, co-founding three companies and selling two. Greg shares ownership of the remaining firm with Chrisanne, his wife of over four decades. They currently live near Atlanta, Georgia and have two grown children and three grandchildren. He's an avid traveler and has visited five continents.

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