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After spending a year in Germany as a POW, I finally reached Alderson.
There was a time I felt I would not return home so finally getting there
was a great feeling.
The first man I saw was your dad (Tom Dameron's dad) who was talking to
another man. I walked by him and he said, "Bobby, is that you?" I was home
at last.
I walked across the bridge and after spending some minutes looking up and
down the Greenbrier I walked on home.
It was still early morning, the sun was shining, and there was my mother
on our front porch. A rare moment in a young guy's life was now happening
to me as tears filled my eyes. We sat down and before we were settled the
phone rang.
"Bobby, this is Bob Garvin. I'm coming up to see you." 'No," I said, "let
me come to your place." "No, no, I'm leaving now." And the phone was dead.
Bob Garvin was the father of a girl I once dated. How did he know I was
home?
Mr. Garvin was not a well man but here he was with his arms around me. We
were both crying with happiness, and he said, "Bobby, our little girl got
married and I couldn't do anything about it." We both knew what he was
saying to me. We sat down on the porch and talked.. as my mother sat
quietly and listened.
What a great feeling to be home. One can't know that feeling unless you
have done it.
God bless America, God bless Alderson, West Virginia and God bless Mr.
Robert Garvin, my kind of guy.......
Bobby B.
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