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1959: NOT A GOOD YEAR

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I had never had health concerns until the Asian flu
For a boy nicknamed at birth Punky I was skinny
The first few months I blamed in on the food source
Fidel Castro's forces conquier Cuba
This well come up later during the "Bay Of Pigs"
Russian ships storming towards Cuba
I was in college on active reserves
My orders were if the President said key words
I was to fly to California and ready for war
Rock and Roolers die in small plane
Buddy Holly, The big bopper Richie Valens
Alaska becomes the 49Th State
My Grandpa who raised me died of a heart attack
I had fallen from a 175 pounds to 133 pounds
Doc pulled me aside, "We don't know what is causing this.
I give you three to five years to live I was in shock
I had been pen palling to girls at home
One was talking of being engaged though I saw her once
The second was telling me she was turning down dates
Her boyfriend was in the Air Force over seas
It was telling the third girl that hurt
We worked together at Randolph over a year
I returned the last letters recipient deceased
Of course as you might have guessed Elvis influence
Castro visits U.S; denied Red inflence
We are all influenced by so many things
The kitchen debate; Nixon vs Nikita
Hawaii formally proclamed 50th State
I was asked to reenlist offered a bonus
I was dealing with dying in my twenties
Soviet Lunik 11 hits moon after 35 hours
Charlton Heston stars in movie Ben Hur
Darn leave you up in the air have to go to dentist
Did I live or die? Or find out it was food alergies?
Air Force Doctors did not finish first in class








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