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The Sweetheart
“The summer of 1942 was the happiest, most carefree of my life,” Sally wrote fifty years later about Longview on the Columbia River in Washington. “Romances began and ended quickly that summer. First, I loved a college man from the University of Oregon who was waiting to go into the Navy. It was hard work getting his attention, and when I finally did, I didn’t want it anymore.” She kissed him at the train station when he left for the war. Summer 1942, Longview, WA, Sally on l

D. W. Wilma
Jan 21, 20214 min read
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