Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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> STAN KING, the oldest and most contemplative of the group, had abandoned his plans to study engineering at the University of Arizona in order to enlist with his former high school friends. A 6 ft. 4 in., three-sport letterman, he told his mother of his feelings just before going...
> LARRY J. WEST, probably the liveliest and most restless of the bunch, served one tour in Viet Nam and volunteered for another. Morenci High Coach Vernon Friedli saw him leaning against the wall of the bowling alley one night. "His eyes were blank-his mind was a thousand miles away...
> JOSE MONCAYO was called "cowboy" by other Marines because he talked so often about horses. Tall and husky, he was popular with Morenci's girls because of his quick humor. "My son had a feeling," recalls his mother. "He told me not to cry when they brought his body...
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> CLIVE GARCIA was photographed with his mother just before he returned to Viet Nam. He wrote a note on the back of it: "Your eyes are swollen. You've cried too much, Mom. Life itself really isn't this bad. We only have a few sad minutes, all...