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Lt. Garrett ? Hero who never returned

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Hindsights Michael Barr, on

July 21, 2021

Lt. Garrett – Hero who never returned

Mrs. W.G. Garrett last saw her son, Lt. Victor Earl Garrett, as he went off to war in 1918. Now on a summer day in 1930, she began a long bittersweet journey to be with him once again. As she boarded the train, her emotions swung from anticipation to deep sadness, and she had trouble keeping her feelings

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