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On the recordMarch 1, 2022
My father, who never went beyond high school, he was a World War II veteran, GI Bill, learned how to fix wrecked cars at Burleson Oldsmobile in Beckley, West Virginia.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware
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Carper shares his father's background and work ethic.

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