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Vaughn C. Hardacker

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Aug 21, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Vaughn C. Hardacker

    Lessons I Have Learned! (opens the original)

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    Vaughn C. Hardacker here: Sixty-three years ago, I was sixteen and confused (but then weren’t all teenage boys- having never been a girl, I can’t speak for you, ladies). One foot was still a kid (although I wouldn’t admit it), and the other was staring adulthood square in the eye. Truthfully, I stayed that way until I turned twenty-one while serving in Vietnam, which pulled me screaming and rebelling into the adult world. (One of the first lessons I learned was that it is easy to be a hero when

  2. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Vaughn C. Hardacker

    Unraveling the Mystery of the Alcatraz Eel (opens the original)

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    I want to revisit an actual crime case once again, this one much closer to home. It is about a man who was born less than five miles from where I live. You may have heard that no one ever escaped from Alcatraz, but that isn’t exactly correct. I want to introduce you to the Alcatraz Eel. His early crimes included motor vehicle crimes, petty larceny, larceny, and violation of the Dyer Act, the national motor vehicle act that made interstate transportation of stolen vehicles a federal crime. His fi

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