... of controversy because the rich weren't getting drafted and the poor were (Surrey 67). Timmy J was a boy from a Sino, a small town in Texas. He came from a poor family, and they did not have the money to send him through college. Timmy's father died when he ... was just 4 years old, and Timmy was never told how he died. He was raised by his mother and his grandmother and he had a 14 year old sister. Many people who ... knew Timmy however, said Timmy loved his grandmother more than anyone else in the world. Timmy was 17 years old when his senior year of high school started. Timmy was th...

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... continued on commenting that Harry Truman really impressed him. "Harry Truman was real honest. He let you know how it was and didn't pass the buck! Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan; that was a real difficult decision ... our conversation led in the direction of family history. I inadvertently determined that my grandfather and Eleanor both lived in Italian speaking homes. Additionally, each of their parents immigrated to New York from Italy and ended up in its capital district. ... there was only Humphrey and McCarthy left. Of course, Humphrey ended up winning. Jeez, that was a pretty...

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