Pender had no experience of track running until his mid-20s when he was serving with the Army in Japan. In 1960 he was sent to Okinawa as part of the 82nd Airborne Division. ferragamo benford loafer Entered fray just after half-hour mark as Foden departed and Sterling moved to right. Tried his best jinking in from left but unable to make an impact as game petered out, with only effort deflected wide. ferragamo benford loafer Probably the biggest influence in Pender's life was to enlist in the US Army at the age of 17. He left his friends and it was also a way to escape the discrimination as a young Black person in the South. ferragamo benford loafer "You have to be in the top 10 per cent of contemporaries in your rank in order to get to West Point. Most of them are teachers - they've got medicine and doctor's degrees. ferragamo benford loafer