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Episode 433: Candy Mossler

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How to Escape the Shitty Reality of Life

In 1937, when she was in 11th grade, Candy had to drop out of high school and she started dating Albert Norman Johnson. They got married in 1939 and they ended up moving to Alabama. Three years later, Candy gave birth to a son and they named him Norman after his dad. At 20 years old in 1940, she was a married mom living in a rented house in small town, Alabama. She didn't have a lot of friends. Her opportunity for escape finally presented itself in the winter of 1942. In March of 1942, she and about a hundred other young ladies, they were shuttled off to Alabama to entertain the troops at a USO dance at Fort Benning

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