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Saturday, June 15, 2013

This and the previous are the second "H" in the alphabet memoir

H is for Henry In 1943, ship's Gunner Henry (Lagroix) served on the SS Lyon, a transport vessel. According to Wikipedia and other online files, the Lyon transported troops to ports in Algieria, including Oran, from the debark port of New York, USA. These soldiers were destined to join the Allied... Sign in to see full entry.

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Selection from table to organize giant file of military records

DATE FROM TO SUBJECT COMMENTS/NOTES/MISC 08-28-1943 Order Memorandum - Officers Transportation Com 12 to Boston, Mass Navy Yard, Boston Name: XXX Henry L. 293998 Rank: Gun (T) USN twelfth Third Naval District – temp duty Order No. 41561 – Hereby detached proceed to Boston, Mass and report to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

H is for Harry

Let me just say up front, Harry wasn't my favorite boss ever. In fact, he's #2 on the all-time worst list. He was #2 when I met him. And in later years, when I applied for a different job and gave him as a reference, he gave me a bad review. Because of his put-down, the other guy hired me; he didn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

G is for Gene

Gene E. - architectural engineer, wanna-be ladies’ man, clothes-horse. I met him in the early 1960s when I worked in the university’s Physical Plant Office. We were in one of those converted farmhouses on the fringe of what would soon be the Edwardsville campus of Southern Illinois University. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

F is for Frank

Frank R. was the foreman of the Alton print shop where I worked in ’59 and ’60. Tall, lean and fifty-something, he had a grin that reached his eyes. He had a habit of running one hand through his mop of dark, unruly hair whenever he was studying on some problem. He drank a little. Irish coffee at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

E is for Earl

A kid who goes through the brutal childhood Earl went through seems fore-ordained to suffer a bleak future. It's almost impossible to overcome negativity implanted by a mother; almost impossible to unlearn the life that was his teething ring and training wheels. If you'd seen how things were for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 10, 2013

D is for David

What a great name: David. It's downright heroic if you remember the story of the boy with a slingshot who took out a fearsome Goliath and gave the good guys the will to fight. My first date ever was with a man named David Z. He used to come around on Saturdays. Mom hired him to help move some fallen... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

C is for Charlie

I always liked Charlie, my brother-in-law, Fang's younger brother. He was such a cute boy, blonde hair, always making with a joke, kind of sideways grin. He got out of the army after his two-year hitch in '61, had volunteered just to get it over with. The draft was hanging over every young man's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

B is for Bob

Today's feature concerns a guy named Bob, a whole 'nother breed of cat from anyone named Robert (or Bobby for that matter). Bob was a good old boy from puberty on and more than a little bit "Bubba." Which is to say he was better with his hands than his head. The Bob in question got a job at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 7, 2013

Alphabet Characters

A is for Allen I went to school with Allen, a nice guy, from Seventh Grade on. He was one of those nice guys who never makes any trouble, works hard, gets good grades. He played in the band and on the football team. Small school. By the time we graduated he was one of eleven boys in the senior... Sign in to see full entry.

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