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| Don and his mom Ruth, whose spirituality helped shape his life and the book's events |
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| Don and his future wife MaryAnne, the story's other transformative woman, in 1966 |
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| Army training in all weather: Fort Lewis, Washington, 1969 |
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| Fire Support Base Charlie 2 |
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| The Gun 4 "hooch"—home sweet home |
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| Work on the gun |
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| MaryAnne and Matt on the beach, 1969 |