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GIPSON, ROAD BOND: LANDSLIDE WINS!
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Georgetown voters overwhelm-
ingly chose both Ty Gipson for Council Seat Precinct 5 and approval for the Williamson County Road Bond. Mr. Gipson received 456 votes (68.67%) to Mr. Nadeau’s 208 (31.33%).
The Councilman-elect enjoyed his election night gathering; “It is a special day today! Thank you to all who supported me along the way and took it to the polls! Your voices were heard and I’m proud to step up to serve.” The Road Bond received 2,281
votes, or 75.18% of the vote. Committee Chairman Tom Crawford says, “Most people won’t argue with less traffic. However, there will be more bonds — two, three, four years behind this one,” said Crawford. Crawford refers to the expected
growth rate in Georgetown keeping ahead of the curve and the thousands more cars on the way. Congratulations also to Anna Eby, Precinct 1 Council Member who ran unopposed.
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M EMOR I A L D AY
The Other Side of AVietnam Soldier Remembers
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by Paul Fronczek
I departed Vietnam January 15, 1968, forty-seven years ago. Remembering and reliving those days, there are two sides of the Vietnam Conflict; the one what the public hears and the other, a collection of untold stories and how the war affected those who served, combat soldiers and behind the scenes support soldiers.
Somehow, the majority of combat and flight crews who faced death appeared to cope better with the horrors and follies of war. We who served in non-combat roles continue to fight our own demons. I served in Vietnam two times. In the first I flew as a crew chief and spotter aboard an Air Force Air Rescue airplane flying mis-
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sions over North Vietnam. The threat of being shot down over enemy territory was real. After a few missions under my belt, they became like brushing my teeth— a routine job. The danger apparent on every mission became an everyday experience and were pushed back into my memory where they laid buried. They did
not matter. Like others, I became immune to anti-aircraft shells exploding beneath the airplane as we flew deep into North Vietnam territory, searching for downed crew members, all in a routine day’s work. We were supposed to have T-38 fighter escorts for See Vietnam, page 10
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