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Steve Rogers emerged from the vita-ray chamber with a perfect human body. Given part of the compound intravenously and another part orally, Rogers was then bombarded by vita-rays, a special combination of exotic (in 1941) wavelengths of radiation designed to accelerate and stabilize the serum's effect on his body. Rogers agreed and was taken to a secret laboratory in Washington, D.C., where he was introduced to Doctor Abraham Erskine (code named Professor Joseph Reinstein), the creator of the Super-Soldier Serum.Īfter weeks of tests, Rogers was at last administered the Super-Soldier Serum. Overhearing the boy's earnest plea to fight for his country, General Chester Phillips, of the US Army, offered Rogers the opportunity to take part in a top-secret performance-enhancing experiment called Operation Rebirth. Horrified by newsreel footage of Nazis ransacking Europe and atrocities in Asia that the Empire of Japan committed in China and Korea, Rogers tried to enlist in the Army but was rejected as 4-F because of his frailty and sickness. Among the people responsible for instilling the patriotic values in him were his civics teacher Edna Crosley, who taught that as an American it was their responsibility to protect the United States which gave more rights than any other country in the world to its citizens. Steve used to go to a school in the Lower East Side neighborhood.

Rogers' father died when he was a child and his mother died from pneumonia later, when he was in his late teens. Little else is known about Rogers' early life other than the fact that a strong sense of duty, honor, and humility was instilled in him perhaps due to his Irish Catholic upbringing. Rogers grew up a frail youth during the Great Depression in New York City, New York. Steve Rogers was born July 4, 1922, to poor Irish immigrant parents, Sarah and Joseph Rogers. Steve Rogers in his childhood Early Life For a complete history see Steve Rogers' Expanded History. This is an abridged version of Steve Rogers' history. Cap is loyal to no politician or government and instead upholds the 'timeless principles of freedom, equality, and justice of the American Dream'. He was thawed out in the modern age to continue the battle alongside his new allies the Avengers. As the Sentinel of Liberty, alongside his best friend Bucky Barnes and the Invaders, Rogers and others helped the Allies win the war, but not before he was lost at sea and frozen in ice in a form of suspended animation for decades. The serum greatly enhanced his frail body to the peak of human physicality. He ultimately volunteered for Project Rebirth where he received the Super-Soldier Serum developed by Dr. Army during World War II due to numerous health problems. Captain America, the First Avenger, was rejected by the U.S.

In the early 1940s, I made a personal pledge to uphold the Dream… And as long as the Dream remains even partially unfulfilled, I cannot abandon it! - Captain America Ĭpt. But it is the Dream… the hope… that makes the reality worth living. We must all live in the real world… and sometimes that world can be pretty grim.

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