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Badger - Bob was born in a rural area north of Grygla in 1943. As a boy he was busy logging and haying with his dad, Ezra. While he was haying on July 4, 1953, a horse pulling the dump rake was stung by a bee and overturned the rake, breaking Bob's back. After finishing school, Bob enlisted in the U.S. Army. He spent some time in Fort Ord, Calif., and then a year in Texas. He spent a year in Germany and then had a 13-month tour in Vietnam. He was home on leave when he met Joyce.

After getting married, Bob and Joyce moved to Fayetteville, N.C., where they spent 14 months. During that time they...