Has prejudice and racism diminished for interracial couples today?
GC: It’s not a racial issue when two people get married. It’s what two people share, and to be quite honest, society should accept that. It has nothing to do with them. It’s what Patty has for me and I have for her. It’s what you’re prepared to sacrifice, because you are going to sacrifice, and you will lose a tremendous amount of your friends, even today. It’s improved, but the conditions still exist. KT: Which parts of “Til the End of Time” are true? GC: A lot of the story is true. And as I told the publisher, I’m leaving it open for the reader to decide what’s true, what’s not. KT: Are there any stories from the Army you’d like to share? GC: You remember Aunt Tee-Tee and the chicken bones [from the book]? That’s all real. During the Desert Storm, some officers got activated from Florida and came to work for me at Ft. Steward, Ga., and one was a senior warrant officer, and they put him in a private room. And then they moved a captain in with him, from Harrisburg. And the captain, he
