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Holding My Breath

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments

CT tech says to hold my breath 30 seconds: “Most people can’t.” I make it 62 to prove all those swimming years good for something.

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Tags: CNFtweet · health

Richard to Alice: 25 December 1944 (letter 1)

May 26th, 2010 · No Comments

This is the day…Christmas Day 1944. My first Christmas out of Indiana and our first Christmas – you in Indiana and me thousands of miles away.

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Richard to Alice: 7 November 1944

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments

This last week has been a week of changes. I was in a rifle platoon as assistant automatic rifleman. Then, I was transferred to Hdqs. Plt. and given a flame thrower. The same day I was called up for an interview about getting into radio work.

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Richard to Alice: 25 December 1944 (letter 1)

December 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This is the day….Christmas Day 1944. My first Christmas out of Indiana and our first Christmas – you in Indiana and me thousands of miles away.

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A Personal Milestone

November 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A few weeks ago, I noticed that there were an awful lot of black hash marks on my swimming chart. Counting them, I found that I was closing in on one hundred miles.

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Tags: health · self

Protected: Pat to Ida: 12 July 1944

September 18th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Pool People

September 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Real critters spotted by our intrepid wildlife correspondent in the swimming pools of Birmingham, Alabama.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 3 July 1944

September 6th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 1 July 1944

September 2nd, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Great Britain oil stain

August 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Returning to my automobile last week after a swim, I almost stomped upon the Cornwall peninsula in the YMCA parking lot.

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Tags: My Eye