http://americancountryside.com Bringing you the best from across the American Countryside. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:01:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://americancountryside.com/2010/02/23/an-8-year-old-pow/ http://americancountryside.com/2010/02/23/an-8-year-old-pow/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:01:36 +0000 Tom http://americancountryside.com/?p=1123 Life was good for eight year old Tom Crosby, an American living in Manila in 1941. Then December 7th came, and his life changed forever…

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