HenryBHough
Diamond Member
I don't believe you.
That's entirely up to you.
All of the others, boys, lived to adulthood. One turned out OK. He finished high school, apprenticed as a stone mason, ran a successful business and recently retired. I lost track of most of the others entirely. The one exception was the oldest, Jimmy, who had a facial deformity that wasn't extreme but impacted his speech. He was known as "Limmy" because that's how he could say his own name.
Limmy tried to join the U.S. Marines but he was rejected. He and another from the neighborhood, Harry, were hired as mercenaries and took part in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs Invasion. Harry returned unhurt but Limmy didn't come back. According to Harry he drowned in the landing. I once made the mistake of signing up for one of those "classmates" websites and actually did hear from Harry a couple of years back. He had put his adventures behind him and settled down back in the old home town but was not listed among those attending a class reunion a couple of years ago, one which I also did not attend.
Believe or not as you choose.
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