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  • My old friend Flavio Garcia died yesterday. I met him at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, when we were both 8-year-old sons of sergeants in third grade at Colonel Johnston School. He was a cheerful student and an excellent athlete, despite having a heart with an enlarged aorta that occasionally made him pass out. The summer before…

  • The old Tumbleweed Forts book blog is disappearing into history, but all those memories are reappearing immediately here on WordPress. This web page or blog remains dedicated to the countless Army brats who lived in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, at one time or another. If you’re the son or daughter of a soldier who was stationed…