Lee H. Maddox Sergeant - U.S. Army - 2001-2009

Lee H. Maddox had graduated from high school and had completed a year and a half of college. He wasn’t real confident that his studies were helping him get to where he wanted to be. He thought his situation over carefully. He was in Memphis, TN attending classes and was sure he needed to make a change.

In January 2001, he pulled his car into a parking lot in one of the Armed Services Recruiting Centers in Memphis. Lee was sort of impatient. He wanted something right now, something useful, and somewhere he could simply serve. The US Army recruiter had the best deal at the time. He found a slot...