COLUMBIA — As a young boy, J.D. Roberts would lie in bed listening to the unmistakable sound of a B-36* bomber cruising above his parents' farm. Looking out his bedroom window, he could see a light on the horizon guiding the pilot through the starry country sky.
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Friday, June 17, 2011 | 8:15 p.m. CDT;
updated 2:00 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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