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Hank Cramer
Harry Griffith Cramer III (born 1953) is an American folk singer from the Pacific Northwest. He was born an army brat at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where his father was one of the Army's original Green Berets. Hank's father, Harry Griffith Cramer Jr., was killed in Vietnam on October 21, 1957, the first Special Forces soldier to die in that conflict. Hank Cramer began singing professionally during his college days at the University of Arizona (1972-1976). After graduation he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, serving 14 years in the Regulars and 14 years in the Army Reserve. The highlight of his military career was a five-year tour with his father's Green Beret unit, the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne). After 9/11, Hank served in Afghanistan as the Senior Signal Corps Advisor to the Afghan National Army. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2004. Hank began a full-time career as a traveling folksinger in 1999. He established a small, co-op music l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg is a military installation of the United States Army in North Carolina, and is one of the largest military installations in the world by population, with around 54,000 military personnel. The military reservation is located within Cumberland County, North Carolina, Cumberland and Hoke County, North Carolina, Hoke counties, Info on high school assignments also stated in this document/ref> and borders the towns of Fayetteville, North Carolina, Fayetteville, Spring Lake, North Carolina, Spring Lake, and Southern Pines, North Carolina, Southern Pines. It was also a census-designated place in the 2000 census, during which a residential population of 29,183 was identified. It is named for native North Carolinian Confederate States of America, Confederate Four-star rank, General Braxton Bragg, who had previously served in the United States Army in the Mexican-American War. Fort Bragg is one of List of U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers, ten United States Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
