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My father's great-grandfather,Colonel Steven A. Collier...
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fought alongside General Leeuntil Cold Harbor.
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He was wounded and diedfrom a gangrenous leg
he refused to have amputated.
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His grandson andmy grandfather, Henry Collier,
fought in the Great War...
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making the world safe for democracy,as an ordinary private.
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He returned home to operatea dry cleaning business...
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and died of a heart attacksix years before I was born.
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My father caughtthe end of World War II...
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working mainly as an airplanemechanic in Hawaii.
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He went to college,got a degree in business...
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and opened a car dealershipwhich flourished while America
ruled the world.
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The history of my family, likethe history of civilization...
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is the history of war.
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The getting into itand out ofit and over it.
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And Vietnam should've beenno different, but it was.
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Its final battle was wagedalong an unrecognized front...
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far from the shellingand the napalm...
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and the soundsof planes and guns.
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It was a battle my brotherJeremy fought when he came back.
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Find the cost of freedom
prev.