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He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised in a cottenmill village; Sargent, Georgia. His name is John Westly Teate.
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The boys would have to get a fire started in the school so they would have warmth. They would have class around the pot.
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This is the year my grandpa would have to start getting up in the morning to get fire wood, so he could heat the wood stove so the house would be warm.
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He was having Sunday dinner at his grandmother's house, when the announcement came on. She lived right across from Fort MacPearson, so there was a lot of activity.
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He worked at numerous places. He worked at a peach packing plant, junkyard, and picked cotten. He made an average of 60 cents an hour.
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He died in Warm Springs, Georgia, that was only 60 miles from my grandpa's house.
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His friends and him would be the tricksters. He would put people's patio furniture on their roofs'.
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He graduated from Newnan High School. He was only 16.
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He worked to jobs out've high school. Both of them payed 80 cents an hour. His day job hours were from 9am-1pm; night job hours were from 3pm-11pm. He brought home anywhere from $32-$50 a week.
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He got his notice from the United States Military that he was drafted into the Korean War.
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He was inducted into the army. He took his basic and radio training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.
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He was rushed into surgrey because he had an appendix attack.
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He got married to my grandma.
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He was shipped overseas to Japan, where he spent 15 months. He was a supply sargent for the headquarters company.
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My grandpa climbed Mount Fujiama (Mount Fugi)
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My grandpa got back from Japan.
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My mom, Darice, was born.
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My uncle, Johnny, is born.
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My grandpa graduated from college. He graduated from Georgia State College. He was the first of his family to graduate from college.
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My Aunt was born. My got to choose her name, and she chose Carol after her kitten that had died. Her initials spelled CAT; Carol Ann Teate.
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My mom used to have to practice drills during school.
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My grandpa's transferred him to Kansas City, Kansas.
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My brother is born. First grandchild of my grandparents.
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My sister, Meredith, is born.
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My cousin, Angela, is born.
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My cousin, Nick, is born.
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I was born.
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Everyone thought the world was going to end.
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Terrorists hijack planes and crash them into the World Trade Centers.
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We declare war in Iraq.
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28.000 die after Earthquake.
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My cousin, Michael, is born.
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My nephew, Tyler, was born.
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Barrack Obama is elected.
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B.P. oil rig explodes, putting million of gallons of oil into the ocean.
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