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Contents Illustrations { ix } Preface { xiii } CHAPTER 1. The Way Things Were { 3 } CHAPTER 2. A Child Once More { 23 } CHAPTER 3. Leaving for America { 35 } CHAPTER 4. USNS George W. Goethals { 50 } CHAPTER 5. Coming to Colorado { 58 } CHAPTER 6. Emily Griffith Opportunity School { 77 } CHAPTER 7. Hedwig Grapentin { 88 } CHAPTER 8. Settling In { 99 } CHAPTER 9. East High School { 108 } CHAPTER 10. A Distant Goal { 119 } CHAPTER 11. Ingrid’s Return { 131 } CHAPTER 12. High School Graduation { 140 } CHAPTER 13. A Taste of Failure { 155 } CHAPTER 14. On a Colorado Morning { 168 } CHAPTER 15. Lackland Air Force Base, Texas { 177 } CHAPTER 16. Flight 698 { 186 } CHAPTER 17. Carswell Air Force Base, Texas { 195 } CHAPTER 18. A Different World { 206 } CHAPTER 19. Camp Kilmer, New Jersey { 222 } CHAPTER 20. USNS Simon B. Buckner { 233 } CHAPTER 21. RAF Station Sculthorpe, England { 243 } CHAPTER 22. An Unlikely Wedding { 253 } CHAPTER 23. RMS Queen Mary { 265 } CHAPTER 24. Differences and Choices { 276 } CHAPTER 25. A Shattered Marriage { 285 } CHAPTER 26. Coming Home to Colorado { 300 } CHAPTER 27. Harlingen Air Force Base, Texas { 318 } CHAPTER 28. A Dream Come True { 328 } { viii } CONTENTS ...

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