I enlisted in the Marine Corps on a Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 10, 1970. Two days later, I left for boot camp and arrived at Parris Island, S. C., on Friday the 13th. The Vietnam War was raging and my next-door neighbor, a kid named Lonnie, had already become an Army Ranger and had been shot to pieces. He survived but recovery would be slow. Jimmy, a soldier, and Joe, a Marine, would not be so fortunate. These friends from high school would be dead at 19 and their names inscribed on The Wall.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Support for traffic ordinance is support for quality of life

Recently, our city politicians passed the Traffic Impact Ordinance in an attempt to prevent further deterioration of the traffic situation along and near the [Ga.] Highway 54 corridor.

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