Merry Christmas From The Colonel

December, 1976

A Couple of days before Thanksgiving 1964, I was getting ready to board a plane in Jackson, Mississippi, when one of the SNCC kids asked, "When we gonna see you again, Greg?"I automatically answered, "I'll be back Christmas."I had in mind spending Christmas in Mississippi with my wife and kids. On the plane to New York, I got to thinking, "Maybe we could take Christmas dinner down with us and eat it with some needy family." My thoughts kept rolling: "Why just o...

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