The two men \u2014 who came from the same northwest Detroit neighborhood, were drafted on the same day in 1966, trained together at Ft. Hood in Texas, served in the 9th Infantry and were combat engineer demolition specialists \u2014 never saw or heard from each other again.<\/p>\n
Until right before Halloween this year.<\/p>\n
That’s when the two men \u2014 more than 40 years older than the last time they saw each other as young soldiers in training \u2014 walked across their kitty-corner backyards in Berkley and met at the chain-link fence.<\/p>\n
For 18 years, the two Oakland County men had lived nearly back to back and didn’t even know it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I can see that happening. Its the nature of being veterans, I guess.<\/p>\n
Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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