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Reunited

Army buddies rekindle friendship formed nearly 50 years ago

A lot can change in 50 years, including waist sizes and hairlines, just ask Roy Vanderleelie and Gary Tremblay, they'll tell you.

The two men were thick as thieves in 1968 while they were both in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War. Vanderleelie, who currently lives in Jacumba, Calif., and Tremblay, a Malta native, were members of the 97th Signal Battalion in Manheim, Germany. The battalion was charged with radio communication in Europe and when the two weren't working, they were palling around Europe, Vanderleelie driving his 1953 Volkswagen Bug and Tremblay sitting sho...

 

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