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“robert chapin”

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  • The Sergeant & The Chevrons

    by Robert Chapin ...
    A young 20 year old recruit cannot escape the grueling 10-12 hour day of peeling potatoes in Vietnam while awaiting assignment in a processing center.Following two days of back breaking potato peeling he decides to fake sick call and as a result purchases metal sergeant pins for his collar.Noticed by the duty sergeant he is called forward only to learn they are on upside down. No penalty!For two ... Read more

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  • Murder In Ogunquit

    by Robert Chapin ...
    The Abenaki Indian Tribe is awarded 15,000 acres in a U.S. Supreme Court decision for land taken illegally by the U.S. government in 1850. Their goal: to construct the world's largest casino inOgunquit, Maine, a quaint New England seaside village of 1200 in winter and explodes into the largest gambling casino in the world.The influx of people required to run the casino and support services (65,000 ... Read more

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  • Lee Iacocca The Baby Boomer And My Mustang '64

    by Robert Chapin ...
    In 1964, I attended The New York World's Fair where Ford Motor Company and Lee Iacocca were about to release the newest driving sensation: The 1964-1/2 Mustang.Like most teens, I was drawn to the car like a magnet, and seeing it at The World's Fair for the first time was one of the most exciting events ever.I was driving a 1957 Ford Fairlane Convertible Retractable Hardtop. I was not in a positon ... Read more

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  • Sister Albert Marchetti - "An Angel Of God"

    by Robert Chapin ...
    It was in the mid 1950's and our mother wanted her three children to receive a Catholic education. It was post World War II and the economy was thriving. The "Baby Boomer" era had arrived and there was plenty of construction of new homes.Our school was located in central Massachusetts and the nuns were of the order of The Sisters of Saint Joseph. However, several of the nuns were from a Canadian ... Read more

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  • Bristol's Rexall Pharmacy

    by Robert Chapin ...
    In 1961, we had a Rexall Pharmacy in our town. The aroma of the elixers and marble counter with four swivel chairs where teens congregated.The book rack where boys and girls flipped through the magazines of the early 1960's.The soda fountain where Mrs. B. added more fizzy water than Coke syrup - the result - when I attempted to impress Marilyn Snell - was to have it propel through my nose spraying ... Read more

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  • The Cat And The Mad Lobster

    by Robert Chapin ...
    This is a humorous true story about our 18 year old cat who died of a brain tumor. He was unusual inasmuch as he had learned to play dead and together he and I had a routine.First, however, the cat had an encounter with a lobster. On a summers day a number of years ago, my wife and I were going to have an old fashioned New England clambake. Just the two of us. We purchased a lobster and two quarts ... Read more

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  • Granddad's 1954 Nash Rambler Cross Country Station Wagon & The 1955 Doubled Die Penny

    by Robert Chapin ...
    The year was 1955, granddad was 62 years old and I only 9. He was a coin and antique dealer in Western Massachusetts and in this year - 1955 he packed me and a lunch into his 1954 Nash Rambler Cross Country station wagon and travel the back roads of New England in search of the elusive 1955 doubled die penny.One bank stop produced 100 of the error coins worth $40,000 EACH - today. ... Read more

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  • My Little Poopoofnick

    by Robert Chapin ...
    1964, Lyndon, The Beetles, gas at $.35 per gallon, bread $.54, a new house $20,000, a new car $200. I was 17 years old and my first job was for Mr. D. at a mom and pop Red & White grocery store.My first car: a 1957 Ford Fairlane hardtop convertible. The aroma of the fruits and soap powders forever burned in my brain.Vietnam, college and now I am 65 years old, and still a poopoofnick... ... Read more

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  • Where Were You The Day Camelot Died?

    by Robert Chapin ...
    It was a time when we did not have to lock our doors, and as teenagers, we thought life was all about us. On November 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and we all watched the coverage and mourned his loss.We graduated in 1965 and in our recent 45th reunion reminisced about that fateful day and how it effected our memory this many years later.There are events in this world like ... Read more

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  • President Ronald Reagan & The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial

    by Robert Chapin ...
    In 1982, The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial was nearing completion when Bob Chapin visited in search of comrades killed in Vietnam.He eventually located the names of his friends, but also found the name of his best friend in high school. Surprisingly, Arvie's name appeared in the depth of field in one of Bob's photographs.A call to Arvie's mother confirmed that he had been killed in a fiery helicopter ... Read more

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  • Orphans Of The Mourning

    by Robert Chapin ...
    Preston Cunningham is assigned to Vietnam in spite of his 4 year guaranteed tour in Germany. A cryptographer, Preston was assigned via remote status to The office of The Vice President - Hubert Humphrey at The White House.In Vietnam, true to the Army's attitude of "hurry-up and wait", he was ordered by his commanding officer to scrounge (beg - borrow - or steal) whatever necessary to make the war ... Read more

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  • Twinkies And The 8th Grade Prom

    by Robert Chapin ...
    The year was 1960, and I was barely 14 and about to graduate into the 8th grade. Beverly Jones was my neighbor, the most beautiful girl in school and I desparately wanted to take her to the prom.I was a member of a group of 5 geeks who just wanted to raise caine, and girls were not a priority - until Beverly came into my life.I previously agreed to assist in a prank of running a pair of mens ... Read more

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