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Note: ROBERT WAS IN WORLD WAR II. HE WAS AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN FEB AND MARCH OF 1944.
HE WAS IN "NO MAN'S LAND" ON THE FRONT LINES MOST OF THE TIME.
ROBERT STARTED OUT AS A TRUCK DRIVER, THEN WENT INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF BEING AN EXCAVATOR. IN 1962 HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN EXCAVATION ACCIDENT WHERE A TREE FELL ACROSS HIS BULLDOZER AND HELD HIM AS THE DOZER KEPT MOVING. HE SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES, BOTH LEGS PULLED FROM THE SOCKETS, & BROKEN RIBS. HE HAD OPEN HEART IN 1972 AND AGAIN IN 1977. HE HAD AN ANURISM OF THE AORTA REMOVED IN 1976. IN 1984 HE HAD A KIDNEY REMOVED AND SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST IN THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN OCT. 1986.
ROBERT AND LOUISE TRAVELED QUITE A BIT, GOING TO ALASKA, CALIFORIA, THE NORTH WESTERN STATES, FLORIDA, THE SOUTH WESTERN STATES, AND MEXICO.
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