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After graduating in 1951 Barrax went to work for one year at the U.S. Steel
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Barrax then went to college for one year but had to unroll because he run out of money. He then joined the Air Force in order to get the GI Bill to finance the rest of his higher education. In 1954 Barrax was stationed in
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