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Gulf war

and passes on to his family. He also learned is the father of three army rEsErvEs
time management during his service, a skill I adult children and four
have sometimes believed I could live without! grandchildren
My Pawpaw’s motto is “If you’re not early, and has been
then you’re late.” He instills that mindset into married to his
the people he surrounds himself with and the beautiful wife
people who look up to him. My grandfather also for over 43 years.
learned, through his childhood experiences, that My Pawpaw
hard work gets you to where you would like to was already an
be, and the amazing man,
military just but I believe that
structured that the Army helped
mindset and him mature into
put things into the loving, kind,
perspective for thoughtful, and
him. respectful man
he is today.

Elroy Carson
received many
awards,
such as the
Bronze Star,
for his heroic
service in
a combat
zone. He
received the
Southwest Asia Service Medal for his service
in the Persian Gulf War, an Army Service
Ribbon, and an Army Lapel Button. He also
received the National Defense Service Medal
(NDSM) and the Army Reserve Components
Achievement Medal for his exemplary
behavior while serving. He was awarded the
Armed Forces Reserve Medal and the Army
Commendation Medal. All the awards he
received only validated what I already knew,
which was that my grandfather is a leader, a
hero. Elroy Carson, Sr. retired from the Army
in 2006 as a Colonel. Since his retirement
from the Army, he has taken time to run his
own insurance company that he built from
the ground up and has spent time with his
children and grandchildren. Elroy Carson

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