The following entry was written in seat 42 J of a United Airlines Boeing 747. There are only a few more hours. The plane ride is about halfway through. Joe is on my right and Bailey on my left. Today was an intense mixture of emotions. Wake-up was the usual time and the first event for the morning was a visit to Arlington cemetary. It's odd to think that I was totally uneffected by the capitol building, the Jeffereson memorial, even the White House. And really, Arlington itself was not what provoked emotion, but only the number of headstones. I had known before that Arlington was a very large place, but looking about on every side of you and seeing nothing but death represented by white grave markers and loving epitaphs...That gives one a feeling of
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