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by R Leonard » 05 Sep 2016, 01:45
Now that I'm an old guy, I know that I should have expected better.
I recall having a copy when I was in high school, circa 1969 or so, I know it did not make the move to the first apartment after college, by then my father had gotten hold of it in my absence &, having retired in 1971 and having little to occupy himself, thoroughly marked it up with unkind editing . . . he was one of McCain's ops officers working for Jimmie Thach (something you probably know from our exchanges over the years, but, perhaps not known by all participating in this thread). . . corrections from on the scene as they were.
Good enough for me, it got tossed.
Took me well into my 20's to realize that when the old boy marked something up it should be retained so that when someone says, "well, so and so wrote in La La La . . ." that a check of the in-house copy might reveal an interesting on the scene commentary or rebuttal.