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Bob LaMar was born in 1926 and grew up during the depression; many a day with nothing to eat but a single potatoe. As a kid he met Jack Johnson, and as a Golden Gloves boxer, he lost only two fights, both to the only south paws he ever fought. Later in life he taught his sons to fight lefty, so that "at least a south paw will be as unacostumed to it as you are". In 1943, at 17, he quit high school and enlisted, his brothers already in uniform and his father working for the British Supply Mission. He fought in the Bulge and the Rhine and Rohr River crossing. He learning bullets make a snap sound when passing right by your ears, but the only wound he received was an inch long scar own his forehead when he stood up to fast when someone yelled "chow" and he put his head through a chandelier. He once rode a horse into battle. He saved three of his fellows' lives in the Rhine crossing and a German soldier's life who was trying to surrender and was about to be shot by a comrade. A decorated Sergeant, combat vetern, he walked into a bar only to be denied a drink because of his age, 19. Thus began an occaisionnaly violent lifelong commit to Libertarian principles. He tried to be a butcher, but sucked at it. He worked 10 to 12 hour days, six days a week primarily as a lumber and hardware salesman and a contractor's estimater. He said Gd required him to teach his sons three things, His Law, a trade, and how to swim, and he believed "how to swim" included how to use a firearm and hunt. A daughter and two sons were to grow up and also serve their country in uniform. When diagnosed with cancer and given 6 months to live, he spent two years dying with a courage and dignity a man can only hope to emulate. He believed one should "always trust people and give them the benefit of the doubt, if they are untrustworthy, its worth it to find out early". He sang better then any man I know, and once wanted to be a Chazan. Though there is so much more, and think I'll just end this by saying I am proud you were my father.
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