No real story - I went to Germany to visit for a couple of weeks in 1974. Father was sent there as a GS civilian missile technician (Redeye/Chapparal). I had been out of the Army about a year, was somewhat going to school here so went over. It was a nasty rainy day, about 1/4 mile from the village where we lived I saw a young girl attempting to get a ride but cars just passed her. I stopped, she didn't want to get in because I was a foreigner but did anyway. Later she said if it hadn't been raining she would not have. She was doing her student teaching at an institution for really "special" kids nearby and had missed her bus. We talked as best we could, I got contact info at the hospital from her. I stayed in Germany for two years. Went to school, got a job as a bartender, ya'll can figure out the rest. Will be forty years married next month.


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