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secondwind

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Sun Apr-04-10 10:13 AM
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9. I was on my way to visit my husband at Fort Polk, LA, where they were "training"

him for his Vietnam duty -- supposed to leave in June 1968 (which he did, and thankfully, returned in one piece)....

We were supposed to have a nice, romantic weekend (he had a weekend pass), but as soon as Dr. King was murdered, they closed all U.S. bases. My husband raced to the gates trying to get out before they noticed, but he couldn't. King was assassinated while I was in the air. I spent a couple of hours talking with the Red Cross on the phone, back and forth, and turned around and flew back to NY. Nothing could be done.

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