- Pete
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- Saw Pete outside the store by his
car
- talking to his dog.
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- You know Pete
- top hand years ago, got cancer,
then cured
- wears a beat up hat and shows a
tattoo
- faded and left over from
WW2.
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- Gripes about his eyes getting
blurred
- dog sittin' in his old yellow
Lincoln.
- In its day it really
purred.
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- Wife was part owner in the
Roadhouse Cafe
- Photos in the place show Pete
riding broncs
- came in third.
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- Told him once he'd known my
Dad
- Pete seemed perturbed.
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- Remembered they'd chased a guy
who'd welched some deal.
- Chased him three days to end up in
some store
- where he heard the news about
Pearl Harbor.
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- Pete joined the Navy, wanted to
ride a ship.
- Dad stayed home on
deferment.
- Local board took grandma's
word.
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- Saw Pete outside the store by his
car
- talking to his dog.
- Revved up his car and left
- didn't wave or say goodbye.
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- Saw him later on, memorial
day
- standing off a ways
- saluting old comrades
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