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To: BartMan1
This is the part that got me:

Bucher was sent to the St. Joseph's Children Home in Idaho where he remained until 1940 when he saw the Spencer Tracy film "Boys Town." Bucher wrote to Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan in Nebraska, asking for permission to live there. Flanagan sent him a train ticket, according to an account provided by Boys Town.

"Boys Town was the only home that I ever had," Bucher once said.

I am put in mind of one of the greats in the generation before us, who, relating the horrors of his own war, waved his hand and said, "You play the hand you're dealt..."

45 posted on 01/29/2004 10:39:02 PM PST by IncPen ( Liberalism: Working for you until all of your money is spent.)
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To: IncPen
They both played their hand very well....
49 posted on 01/30/2004 6:42:34 AM PST by BartMan1
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