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Buck Swords carried his past with him like a shadow. As a young man in WWII, he saw both the best and worst of people, which made him see the world in a very straightforward way. When he came back home, he found comfort in having a routine, like his daily lunches at Luby’s, which helped him cope with all the changes around him.
He might have seemed tough on the outside, a way he learned to deal with a world that felt confusing. But deep down, Buck had a lot of stories he never told anyone and really wanted to connect with others, even though he didn’t show it through his short and sharp way of speaking.