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Love Story: Joan and Mort Fortgang

Mort and Joan Fortgang as seen in a

Photo credit: Handout | Mort and Joan Fortgang as seen in a recent photo.

Joan and Morty Fortgang of Port Jefferson met at sleepaway camp when they were teens. Joan recalls their courtship.

I was 15 years old in the summer of 1953. School was out and, as had been my ritual for the previous nine summers, I was off to spend the next two months at Kee-Wah Camps in upstate Wingdale. I arrived with high hopes for yet another happy and fun-filled time -- little did I...

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