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work served by which leaving long deal that for church decided going World War II was in full swing when I attended high school in 1944. A special program allowed students to leave school in April—two months early— if they were willing to join the army. This sounded like a good __1__ . so two friends and I joined the Marine Corps. I’d been __2__ with my high school sweetheart, Alice, for four years __3__ then. We knew we would marry after the war ended, so we __4__ to tie the knot in May 1944 before I left __5__ duty instead. We had a small ceremony in the minister’s lounge, __ 6__ was witnessed by Alice’s cousin and one of my friends. Being high school kids, we didn’t have the money for a big __7__ wedding, but I’ve always regretted that my bride didn’t get the chance to walk in the church. Not __8__ after we were married, the Marines called me up for active duty. After I __9__ about two years in the Pacific, the war ended. I returned home in June 1946 and found __10__ . Alice and I bought a house in Cincinnati and raised our family of three children together.


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