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EPUB Edition. A story of personal connection, a tale from the Vietnam conflict, a conversation inspired by the StoryCorps project. This is a father's reflection, under a grandfather's xylography.
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A Wartime Book: When to Keep Your Heart in Your Boot
A WARTIME BOOK: When to Keep Your Heart In Your Boot
J. Stephen Jorge
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A WARTIME BOOK
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Dedicated to my dad, my grandpa, my uncles and my cousin; along with all those who have served.
I gotta say, I like this idea of recording this for StoryCorps with you.
You and your sister and your brother and your mother are the blessings in my life. So, I’m glad to share all of this, the good stuff and the tough stuff with you. I’m not sure of how much I’ve ever shared of this with you. Not much, I know.
How ‘bout if I just sort of tell the story, okay?
I was about eighteen years old when I enlisted in the Air Force in New Orleans in nineteen sixty-six.
I
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