Germantown to Saigon and Beyond, Paperback/George Schuler

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Description George was born on January 3, 1945 and grew up on the west side of the Germantown section of northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Thomas Mifflin Elementary School in 1958, was a member of the Central High School Class #218, attended Germantown Academy and graduated from Germantown High School in 1963. He attended the University of Pennsylvania for two years before being drafted into the United States Army in July, 1967. He spent the next 28 years in the Army rising in rank from Private to Major General. He was a Lieutenant Infantry Platoon Leader with the 3rd Brigade (Golden Brigade), 82nd Airborne Division in Vietnam in 1969. He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Distinguished Service (NG), and Vietnam Service Medals as well as the Combat Infantry Badge, Parachute Badge, and the Jungle Expert Badge. He was inducted into the Officers' Candidate School Hall of Fame in 1992. He has earned a B. S. in Education, a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Curriculum Development from Temple University. He has been a teacher, assistant principal, senior high school principal (Germantown High School) and a Regional Superintendent in the School District of Philadelphia. He has also been an Adjunct Professor of Educational Leadership at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, for more than 15 years. George is married to the former Cathy Lynne Spears since 1968. Together they have two sons: Garth, a Landscape Architecture teacher, his wife Mairi (architect) and son Haydn; Jared, in business, his wife Sarah (lawyer), and children Kellan and Everly. This is a story about a boy growing up in a simpler era who managed to grow into a much better person despite the many self-inflicted social wounds experienced during his high school exploits including three different high schools. The boy became a man during his Army years, honing those skills in the rice paddies of Vietnam and practicing those