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ROTC Seen as Great Public Soldier Link at Kentucky
Col. Charles L Brindel, a university ROTC leader and Vietnam hero with the Distinguished Service Cross, discusses ROTC as a vehicle for citizen soldiers. He traces his rise from hotel worker to full colonel, notes ROTC’s shifting status, and argues against a purely volunteer Army, emphasizing ROTC’s enduring role since the Revolutionary War.
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Lexington
Charles L. Brindel
Army Reserve
University College
of Kentucky
Brindel
10Th Armored Infantry
Germany
Army
Europe
Korea
Vietnam
Johnson City
Kentucky
ROTC