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Juxtapositions

I am next to the palm tree justbefore the slope down to Silver Street before it was uprooted, before the middle

Billboard, Family, TimeCharles SlaterOctober 2, 2005father, funeral, mother, Sand Dunes Tavern, Silver Street, Teahouse of the August MoonComment

Wars and My Father

When I was drafted out of college, andAmericans were dying at a fierce rate in Korea, and Truman’s War put the President in political hot water, and my father had

Family, WarCharles SlaterSeptember 8, 2005death, draft, father, fatherhood, Fort Ord, Korea, Truman, veteran, war, WWIComment