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In early 1943, Private First Class Duane H. Parks returned to his hometown of Dorset, Vt., before he shipped out to the South Pacific to fight in World War II. The last thing on Parks’ mind was becoming a model for a painting.
By Mary Karcher

He wrote the first check to pay the rent, and his hand didn’t even tremble. He was too busy overseeing the shakedown cruise for his new Globe & Laurel restaurant, which opened in Stafford, Va., June 6.
Story By R. R. Keene, Photos by Nancy Lee White Hoffman

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