Wives Cope With Husband’s Memories (Part 2 of the Wake Island Story) By Steve PollockThe Duncan (OK) Banner)Sunday, August 13, 1989 MARLOW — It all came back to them this weekend — fists lashing out during nightmares, the traumatic memories, the attempts to catch up on lost time. The wives of 10 Wake Island survivors…
Dreams, trials, memories Hopes, fears, memoriesDesires, defeats, memoriesIsn’t yesterday anything but memories?No, tomorrow is always a memory a scent a taste a touch Why then is tomorrow nothing but dreams?Why then is today always realizations? God only knows, only He knows among everyone Futile dreams, frustrating realities, bitter memories. Is that ALL? —Undated; probably 1978
I used the road and some parallel ones once in 1975 to get from our house in Oklahoma to my aunt’s house in Sherman, TX. My cousins had been staying with us. Our grandparents, in their Ford Torino, took us to Sherman. We spent the night and came back to Duncan. It was hot. Damn…