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Small world sometimes, and thanks for sharing, bud. I was duck hunting in the Boise, ID area some years ago and a guest on a property that some of the friends of my local host was friendly with. Turns out their family was interned at Heart Mountain, WY during the war. They remained owners during the war only due to the neighbors/friends they'd made over the previous decades pre-WWII. In fact, had it not been for the kindness and generosity of said neighbors that they'd have been released from the camps with nothing to their names, even after some 60 years of working their land. Their neighbors took care of their land and paid their bills and farmed it through the end of the war, and welcomed those interned with open arms upon their release. They also presented with every penny that they'd earned while the owners were incarcerated. Can you say, 'patriots'? Can't imagine any deeper showing of love and kindness than that.

I was told that the two J/A brothers who'd been interned were hard-core waterfowl hunters, and would regularly invite other local boys to smash ducks on the family fields pre-war, and after. One of the old timers who was in attendance at a few of those field-based hunts when I was out there related that those [bleep] brothers were straight up duck killers, but ones who'd occasionally have off days in the blind where birds just didn't want to sit down into their spread. Why? Because both were chain smokers and you could see the smoke emanating from their blind a quarter mile off...

A couple more shots. C'mon, kids. I know some of you SOBs are hiding some treasures you should be sharing.









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