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I WAS IN KINDERGARDEN WHEN MY DAD WENT TO WAR IN KOREA. IT WAS A TIME WHEN AMERICA WAS JUST RETURNING TO NORMAL AFTER THE BIG WAR. EVERYDAY WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. PLAY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. MY MOTHER DID NOT WORK SO SHE STAYED BUSY MAKING SURE THE HOUSE WAS ALWAYS CLEAN AND THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE THE SAME IF MY DAD DID RETURN. ONE OF THE BEST Christmas I EVER HAD WAS DURING THIS TIME AS MY MOM WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD EVERYTHING. SHE SENT PICTURES OF A VERY NICE TREE WITH TONS OF TOYS AROUND IT TO MY DAD AND HE CHERISHED IT. WHEN HE RETURNED HE DID NOT TALK MUCK ABOUT THE WAR BUT STATED THAT HE WISHED THAT THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANOTHER ONE. YEARS LATER HE WOULD GO TO VIET NAM AND THEN WOULD RETIRE ONLY TO SEE ME JOIN THE MARINES DURING THE VIET NAM WAR. LIFE WAS ALOT LIKE LEAVE IT TO BEAVER NOW THAT I THINK BACK ON IT. PEOPLE DRESSED UP MORE AND CARED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORS. HOUSES WERE ALWAYS NEAT AND NO ONE DID DRUGS OR WERE WEIRD. I THINK THERE WAS LESS STRESS AND MORE FUN. TOO BAD WE HAD TO CHANGE.

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