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May 01. 2012 9:17PM
Gen. Robert Cone, left, talks with his Memorial High football coach, Bob Chabot, during the annual scholar-athlete awards dinner of the Joe Yukica, New Hampshire Chapter of National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Tuesday in Manchester. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
Only in Print: Army general, 1975 Memorial High grad, revels in his return to Manchester
Gen. Robert Cone, left, talks with his Memorial High football coach, Bob Chabot, during the annual scholar-athlete awards dinner of the Joe Yukica, New Hampshire Chapter of National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Tuesday in Manchester. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
GROWING UP IN Manchester in the 1970s, Robert Cone, the son of a lower-middle-class factory worker, was “not exceptional at anything,” he said.
Four decades later, he walks with an entourage of Army officers at his heels, and if you look closely at his uniform, you'll see four stars arranged on his breastplate. He is one of only 10 active generals with that rank in the Army today.