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My life in the Army
I thank Harry Truman for the atom bomb, which saved me from combat. I thank the GI bill for my education. I thank God I’m still alive and can put my Army experiences into words.
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Surviving the storm: An islander’s experience
The power had gone out and the sounds outside were like the sound track to a bad disaster film. My mother and I, along with three others, hadn’t evacuated very far from our home on the west end of Galveston Island; we were in Santa Fe and about to use every ounce of strength our bodies possessed.







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