“If I can make it out of, you know, where I dragged myself out of, then anybody can do it. So that's kind of what I want to do, is definitely help veterans realize that there is life after war.” JennaBreeTV
SALT LAKE CITY — Choice Kinchen was among the first U.S. soldiers to cross the border into Iraq in March of 2003.
The veteran went straight from high school into the military in the hopes he’d be able to go to one day go to college. He struggled for years with addiction, gambling and homelessness attempting to pursue his degree, finally returning to the University of Utah in 2018. At Thursday’s commencement ceremony, Taylor Randall, U of U's president, honored the 41-year-old grad, sharing his journey of perseverance with thousands of students, families and friends.
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