663. July 4th, and its special meaning in our lives. Wayne came home from his mission, and 2 years later the army on July 4th!
Tomorrow, July 4th, is the anniversary of two major events in my husband Wayne D Eckman's life! In 1953, he returned home from his 2 and a half year mission to Sweden, and was awaiting his draft papers to be in the army, during the Korean War period. In August, the next month, is when Wayne and I were introduced by mutual friends, on a blind date. My best friend from Dixie High School had married one of his best friends in Murray, Utah. They picked me up from an old Church in Salt Lake City, I forget which one, where we were attending a family reunion. We just rode around and they 2 men mostly talked about memories of their high school days, and Wayne's mission. Wayne said he would write to me, and I told him to write to: Pal Miles, St. George, Utah, and it would get to me! It would in those days. My favorite photo of Wayne on his mission to Sweden, 1950-1953. Then Wayne went in the Army in September, 1953, and didn't write to me until th