Arriving in America

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"I came to United States in June 1950. We arrived in New Orleans on Sunday, I think it was the 4th of June. We couldn’t debark on Sunday. We debarked on Monday. Monday night I was put on a-. What do you call it? Redeye train from New Orleans to Atlanta, Georgia. I arrived in Atlanta, Georgia June 6th, 1950. If you looked at the secular calendar-. If you look at the Christian calendar, June 6th is St. Norbert’s Day. Couldn’t be a better omen than that [laughs]."