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Monday, April 5, 2010

Vietnam-era photo hanging in a cafe unearths memories

Vietnam-era photo hanging in a cafe unearths memories, emotions
By Chris Vaughn, McClatchy Newspapers
Stars and Stripes online edition, Sunday, April 4, 2010



FORT WORTH, Texas — War has a way of surfacing at the most improbable times and unlikely places.

The hostess and waitresses at the West Side Cafe can attest.

Not long ago, on an ordinary, crowded Thursday morning, a man visiting from Ohio came in for a plate of bacon and eggs, saw a photo on the wall and dissolved into tears, unable to speak.

The small portrait, just a few steps from the cash register, was of Army Sgt. John E. Miller, a man he had fought to save in a battle in South Vietnam nearly 44 years ago.

Within the span of a few minutes, Galen Taylor's spring break visit to Fort Worth had transformed from seeing the kids and grandkids to reuniting with Miller's family. The process unearthed distant memories and raw emotions — not all of them exactly welcome.
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Vietnam era photo hanging in a cafe unearths memories

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