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    42:49
    A "Gold Life Master" in bridge, Mark Batchelder, a Navy veteran & retired engineer, also helped put a man on the moon.
    Eileen McIntyre
    April 4, 2017 App Interview

    We discussed Mark’s upbringing during the Depression & WWII, his wife & family, his engineering career, & his love of Bridge and basketball!

    • "New Faces of 1952"
    • "Paint Your Wagon"
    • 1950s
    • Arleigh Burke
    • Basketball
    • Boston MA
    • Boston University
    • Braintree Bridge Club
    • Braintree High School
    • Braintree MA
    • Bridge card game
    • Brown University Class of 1952
    • Civil engineering
    • Destroyer escort
    • DUKW or duck boat

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