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My father Ambrocio suffered from tuberculosis or consumption and malaria. This disease was attributed to the lack of food and medicine during the World War II. Our town, Santa. Maria, Ilocos Sur in the Philippines was bombed soon after Pearl Harbor (early December 1941). The town was partly burned during the bombing, and further...
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM DATE: 1 April 92 REPLY TO ATTN OF: Dick Pellek, REDSO/ESA Natural Resources/Policy Advisor SUBJECT: ...
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My wife and I and my niece visited Bangkok, Thailand three years ago, and this, being our first trip, we joined a guided tour. The country is predominantly Budhist and so was the guide. The city is beautiful but crowded. Naturally, the idea of reincarnation came up during conversations with our...
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After much anticipation and planning we were leaving snowy Ohio to enjoy sunny Spain in January of 2005. A special part of our good time on this trip was having our older son John to join us. John, flying up from Nashville, met us in Philadelphia for the big hop over...
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Over the past couple of years, Diane and her sister had been heavily engaged in caregiving for her parents, but by 2010 both of them had passed on. My wife, Diane, decided it would be great to have some time with her sister, Colleen, who is the caregiver for her husband,...
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I flew to San Antonio, Texas in late January 2012. This is an interesting City for many reasons. Culture, history, and many interest sites that are unique to this town. I was very interested in the Alamo. Davy Crocket was killed defending the Fort at the Alamo. No defenders servived the attack by the...
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I had the good fortune to travel through Russia on a riverboat cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg in 1997. We traveled first on the Moscow River and then the famous Volga! Many locks enabeled us to make it all the way to the Lake Lagoda. This lake is famous for...
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I was one of those people that married into a ready made family. My wife had a 2 year son when we met and I fell in love with both. It was several years later that we expanded the family. Thirty years ago tomorrow afternoon, a beautiful gift from God arrived...
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I just want to mention that in my life time I have seen so many things come and go and just wanted to mention a few, S & H Green stamps, metal ice cube trays with a lever to loosen and drop the ice out, Roller skates with metal wheels...
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