... granted the college of his choice. Al selected Harvard University. Gore had a roommate in college named John Tyson who was a burly African American football player. They shared many of the same interests. At Harvard, Albert Jr. majored in American Government. In March of 1966 Al Gore registered for the draft in Tennessee. From 1969 to 1971 Gore served in Vietnam in the U.S. Army as an Army information specialist, although he slightly opposed the United States' involvement in this incident. Al married Mary Elizabeth Aictheson (known as "Tipper") on May 19th 1970. After Gore returned from Vietnam he enrolled in the Vanderbilt University Divinity School and worked as a reporter for The Tennesseean on the side. Later Gore entered the Vanderbilt University Law School. Al Gore had many characteristics that made him important and got him to where he is. In the March of 1981 while Gore served ...

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