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  Our friend Tom from Texas (aka The Mad Hatter) is visiting us and we are just having a blast sharing stories.  Like myself, Tom is a wonderful story teller, and knows how to put those stories in words.   He shared with us a wonderful story of his memories of "Apple Pie".  I've shared it below.  I hope you enjoy his memory of Cemetery Apple Pie as much as we did.  Cemetery Apple Pie ~ Tom Hampton My sisters and I rode in the back seat as Dad drove by the cemetery. The question came slyly as they always did.  " Do you know why there is a fence around that place?...people are just dying to get in." Not only was I born to a strange family, but also at a strange time. My formative years happened during a short period of peace. I was but a toddler during the Korean Conflict and was nearly a teenager before our government  made a serious commitment to Vietnam The National Cemetery is only a few blocks from my childhood home. ...