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Bob McWilliams's avatar

Another wonderfully written piece. Your story reminded me of my high school years when my friend's father took us to drink at the nearby VFW post. We were underage to be drinking but that mattered little there. I reveled in the stories those old veterans told always wondering where fact ended and embellishment began. Most stories were not about war (most of the men would have been WW2 veterans). My biggest memory of that time was an overwhelming sense of melancholy, whether from the drink, the dilapidated bar, the area I lived (very lower middle class/blue collar), or the war, I'll never know.

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David B. Corder's avatar

Needed a break from high fantasy, so this was just the ticket. Good work.

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