For at least a brief time last week, they were all raw plebes again, eager and ready to start their Navy careers.
The opening mixer for the Naval Academy Class of 1955's 50th reunion was a time for graduates now in their 70s to renew acquaintances with roommates, a time for longtime friends to bond yet again, and a time to exchange stories about life after the Navy.
"It goes by very quickly," said Vice Adm. John Baldwin, who lives in Annapolis. "Very few of us ever expected to have lived to this late...
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