10
Jul
Shore Leave As A Midshipman pt II Paris
We (Al, Kevin, Jimmy, and I) talked while waiting to board the train that would take the New Jersey'
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10
Jul
Shore Leave As A Midshipman
We were an unlikely bunch, four teenagers from different parts of the country thrown together on our first cruise as
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09
Jul
University of Alabama and the US Naval Academy
In my eighth-grade grammar school class, we were offered a trip to Washington to see our government up close.
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09
Jul
A Slap and Unintended Consequences
My remarkable grandmother, Mary Lee Blake Calhoun, died from cancer in 1946. As a newborn girl just after the civil
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09
Jul
South Highland Grammar School
Like a fortress, South Highland squatted on the Southside in the foothills of Red Mountain in the urban community of
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09
Jul
Aunt Missy and Uncle Arnold
Several days ago, we stopped at Kroger's off Champion Forest Drive to buy a few items. Coming up
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09
Jul
A Little Respect
It was my turn. I sat down, leaned forward and snuggled around the stock. That’s when I first smelled
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09
Jul
Uncle Will
At the dawn of my conscious memory in 1937, I was three, and Uncle Will (Charles T. Calhoun) came to
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09
Jul
Dawn Shepard Olivier
I hope after Rene and I retire I'll find more time. Until then while between loads of laundry, I'll write some of my memories for your enjoyment.
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09
Jul
Rod (Roddy) Johnson
My Life in Enterprise, 1967 - 1968. According to WikiPedia, Enterprise, Mississippi has a population of just over 500 people. At one time, I was counted as a resident of that Clarke County town. Even though I only lived there less than two years, the time and place have left permanent memories.
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