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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    51  . so two friends and I joined the Marine Corps.

I’d been   52   with my high school sweetheart, Alice, for four years   53  then. We knew we would marry after the war ended, so we   54  to tie the knot in May 1944 before I left   55  duty instead. We had a small ceremony in the minister’s lounge,   56   was witnessed by Alice’s cousin and one of my friends. Being high school kids, we didn’t have the money for a big   57  wedding, but I’ve always regretted that my bride didn’t get the chance to walk in the church.

Not   58  after we were married, the Marines called me up for active duty. After I   59  about two years in the Pacific, the war ended. I returned borne in June 1946 and found   60  . Alice and I bought a house in Cincinnati and raised our family of three children together.

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