{"id":16066,"date":"2025-10-25T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/16066\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:48:07","slug":"local-author-pens-the-kid-who-grew-up-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/16066\/","title":{"rendered":"Local author pens &#8220;The Kid Who Grew Up in Brooklyn&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local Vietnam veteran recently published a nostalgic memoir about his childhood \u201cBack in the Day\u201d in a NYC borough, with book proceeds benefitting a cause close to his heart. 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