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My name is Geary Baxter. I have finally written this story after 28 years. I hope you will enjoy it for the historical value. This is an experience I treasure and would not trade for the world, as dreadful as it seems. I say this because when I was 18 in 1969, my view of America was typical of teenagers growing up in the "Flower" generation in California. My experience in Prague changed me forever.

I am starting this story after a friend and I, who were traveling through Europe after graduating from High School, had our passports stolen in Vienna, Austria.

 

(First appeared in a "raw form" at HotWired's discussion boards. Reprinted with permission and helpful cooperation of author. The headlines are added by DF. The images are taken in 1968 and are added by DF; courtesy of this site..)

 

 

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