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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Machine Gun Kelly Cornered, 1934

From the Fort Wayne Dispatch, 12/23/1971:
 
Contributor offers this remembrance from when he was home in Wisconsin on his first leave from Army Training at Fort Jessup, Louisiana, Christmas, 1934:
 
Opache, Wisconsin, where my father opened his first dry goods store. It was home, then, even though you know I was raised in Seattle.
 
I was sitting there [...]