Astonishing Success of West Point Grad who Grew Up in 12 Foster Homes and Went to Four Different High Schools

Josh Kelchner, a long-term foster child, has defied the odds to graduate from New York’s prestigious West Point Military Academy as a lieutenant.

After a rough childhood that included four different high schools and 12 foster homes, the 22-year-old has finally come to a point in his journey where he can relax – briefly.

Currently on holiday in Puerto Rico, the graduate has a short break before he heads to Fort Sill, in Lawton, Oklahoma, for field artillery training and to begin his five years compulsory service.

Kelchner’s childhood still haunts him. A local newspaper article about the then 17-year-old in 2008 describes the trials of the younger Kelchner.

When Kelchner was just a toddler his father abandoned the family, leaving his mother to raise Kelchner, who would be joined by three younger siblings.

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