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Norvell Emerson: I thought then that I had heard the ultimate chapter in that story, that the people who had perpetrated the event here…

On the recordMarch 1, 1994
I thought then that I had heard the ultimate chapter in that story, that the people who had perpetrated the event here were traded for Americans who were in Cuban prisons from the time of the Bay of Pigs... Clarence performed a very heroic act in our community that resulted in his receiving this award, and he came here with his wife and family and was in my office and saw this photograph on my office wall. It connotes some action that may relate to an event that a law enforcement officer would be interested in, and he said, ``Bill, what is this picture on your wall?'' I told him the story, and then I told him what Congressman Leland had told me about the trade, and he said, ``I cannot believe you are telling me this story.''
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Norvell Emerson
Republican · Missouri

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The speaker recounts a personal story involving a U.S. marshal and a historical event related to Cuba.

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