“I was trying to kill somebody,” Carson wrote of the knife attack, calling it a moment of “pathological anger.”
Two years later, in the ninth grade, he tried to stab a friend who he identified in the book only as “Bob.” The blade stuck Bob’s belt buckle, breaking the blade and leaving the teen unharmed. The blow slammed into his forehead, and he groaned, staggering backward, blood seeping from a three-inch gash,” Carson wrote. Carson wrote that he was given a “full scholarship” to West Point. In the seventh grade he hit a boy named Jerry with a lock after he teased Carson for saying something “stupid” in English class. His brother Curtis stepped in and disarmed the boy before he could physically harm their mother.Ĭarson also said he physically attacked at least two of his school friends. In the book, which was released in 1996, Carson claimed he once tried to strike his mother with a hammer as they argued over clothing. “Because I had done so extraordinarily well you know I was told someone like me – they could get a scholarship to West Point,” Carson told the New York Times.ĭespite the scholarship lie, Carson defended the rest of the book Friday, saying all the stories about his violent childhood are true. West Point said it has no records of Carson applying to or enrolling in the academy.Ĭarson admitted he “doesn’t remember all the specific details” of meeting Westmoreland. Instead, he attended Yale University before going on to the University of Michigan’s medical school. While they may have discussed application process, Carson never applied or received a scholarship. All costs are covered for admitted West Point students, so “full ride” scholarships don’t exist.Ĭarson was “introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC Supervisors” at a banquet, Carson’s campaign manager Barry Bennett said.
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“Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point,” he wrote.īEN CARSON OVERTAKES TRUMP IN NATIONAL POLLING AVERAGEĬarson may have met Westmoreland at the 1969 banquet - which was held in February, not May - but the general would not have promised the student a scholarship, West Point told POLITICO. Carson said that as the leader of his high school’s Junior ROTC program, he attended a 1969 Memorial Day dinner for Congressional Medal of Honor winners.
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