Larry Pelham

Larry is a South Carolinian, born and bread, but, has proclaimed Texas as “home” for the last 10 years. In early 2000, he was an antsy kid who needed to make “life decisions.” At the ripe age of 17, he had his parents sign the documents that allowed him to enlist in the US Army before turning 18. The moment Larry stepped on that bus to Basic Training, his life was forever changed. He began his military career as a skinny and fit Infantryman, working and learning, not only on how to become a Solider, but also a Leader. Unbeknownst to anyone, the core of everything we knew would change on September 11, 2001, when tragedy struck our country. That young Infantryman would quickly become an Infantry Soldier. After a serving a year in Korea with the “Manchu” Battallion, Larry became a proud solider in the 502nd Infantry Brigade, 101st Airborne, and took place in the March 2003 invasion ...