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chia

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1. Happy to see one of my local favorites, Coronado Beach. The Hotel Del in the background is so iconic
Wed May 31, 2023, 04:13 AM
May 2023

3Hotdogs

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3. Duke Kahanammoku ----- 1937, my father was stationed in Hawaii. Duke K gave swimming tips and lesson
Wed May 31, 2023, 07:55 AM
May 2023

to military people he would meet on the beach. My father was one of the most graceful swimmers you would ever see in water. He was a part time, town lifeguard for ten years after the war. I recall watching him and saying to myself, I wish I could do that.


Funny thing, dancing or anything on land, he was awkward, In water, it was different.

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