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Christy Martin is a retired public school and college and university teacher and administrator, and social services provider for children aging out of foster care. She writes book reviews and does freelance writing about education and other areas of interest, including World War II history.
I know I am forever grateful for what Ernest Pugh has given me, and he will live in my heart as he did in Dad’s.
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