Abstract

It was Veteran's Day, the day once observed as Armistice Day--the eleventh hour, the eleventh day, the eleventh month. Specifically, it was Veteran's Day 1962. The nation was in great spirits because President Kennedy had just the week before backed the Russians down in Cuba. The country was in a happy mood. "The Twist" and "Locomotion" were playing on radios; sixteen-year-old Darla Banks had just been crowned the new Miss Teenage America. In my hometown of Charles City, Iowa, people were extra happy because for the past few days we had been enjoying a wonderful spell of Indian summer.

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