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122. Sweet Loretta

Sat Jun 21, 2025, 06:09 PM

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Our son (just walking) at 6pm after NBC News would hear the MASH theme song and would run to the tv and put his hands on the screen until it finished.

Today he is a hospital Chaplain

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"Saint Elsewhere" nt Laffy Kat Saturday #46

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