‘No Soldier Left Behind’: Cabarrus Veterans Reflect on Service, Sacrifice, and Solidarity
Veterans gathered at Concord’s Logan Recreation Center to share stories of service and the unbreakable bonds forged in uniform.
Growing up as one of 14 siblings in a three-room house, Robert Neal rarely had a moment — or a space — to himself. So when the Vietnam veteran was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1973, it brought a sense of freedom he had never known before — including the simple luxury of having his own bed.
