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Remembrances Of Sweden
As a young and poor man, my grandfather George Sigfred Nelson left Sweden for the U.S.A…. I believe as a stowaway on a coal ship. Soon, he had to fight in WW2 on a minesweeper where he lost a lung. He persevered and become a successful draftsman, eventually even winning America’s top prize for architecture and building a very small fortune, and retiring to Talent, Oregon(the basic area where my family still lives) where he became famous for his long daily walks, and taught me how to play...