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FORTY YEARS HAVE COME TO PASS:
SINCE I WAS HOME SWEET HOME TO MINNESOTA THE LAST:

SO MANY, MANY, YEARS -TWENTY FOR THE MARINE, AND TWENTY IN NURSING, HAVE PASSED AND GONE:
I FEEL I HAVE BEEN ALL ON MY OWN, AWAY FROM MY MINNESOTASO LONG:

I AM HOME IN MINNESOTA, AT LAST:
SEEMS ALL IS THE SAME, AND FORTY YEARS OF MY LIFE HAS PASSED:

I DID MY BEST ALL ON MY OWN, WITH EVERY CHALLENGE, TURMOIL AND STRIFE, THAT CAME MY WAY:
MY MINNESOTA, SURVIVAL SKILLS WERE ALWAYS MY FOUNDATION OF STRENGTH, STAMINA, AND ENDURANCE, AND I ALWAYS EVERYDAY LEANED HARD ON THE FOUNDATIONOF MY UP BRINGING, TO BE FAITHFUL, HOPEFUL, AND HUMBLY PRAY:


BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:
25--JULY--2015:


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FORTY YEARS HAVE COME TO PASS: