NPR has been profiling some of the Republicans who are considering a presidential run in 2012, to find out what first sparked their interest in politics. Read more of those profiles.
Gingrich taught history at West Georgia College (now known as the University of West Georgia) in the 1970s. Here, he's shown teaching a class.
When you ask many politicians what inspired them to a life of public service, you often hear familiar words about a commitment to helping people, or perhaps a desire to run government more like a business.
Newt Gingrich has a different story to tell.
His stepfather was a career soldier, and in the 1950s, he was stationed in Europe. As an adolescent, Gingrich, raised an Army brat, witnessed some profound history. He was in Europe at the time of the 1956 uprisings in Hungary. Two years later, his stepfather, then stationed in France, took 15-year-old Newt to visit the World War l battlefield of Verdun.
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