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Lieutenant Colonel Sean Hill, left, with soldier from German army during NATO duty assignment. (contributed)

From Cooperstown to Iraq

By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Lieutenant Colonel Sean Hill is a Cooperstown High School graduate who bore the responsibility of being in charge of young men in combat as a member of the Army for 20 years.

He is now stationed in Canada but has been all over the world, going wherever his responsibilities as a member of the United States Army took him.

“I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Lieutenant Colonel Hill said upon graduating from college. “I was more interested in sports and other activities that aren’t conducive to earning a degree. I decided I would join the army.”

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