The six Lorenz children always loved the tales their father Ralph told them. He enthralled them with accounts of his immigration from Austria, his war experiences as a naval officer, his exploits in the hotel business. A special favorite was the one about the origins of the family's dining-room table. Ralph told how during his tour of duty in the South Pacific, he and some of his men rescued a fallen teak tree from an island, sawed it into smaller pieces and had it shipped to Detroit, where it was eventually made into the table the kids grew up around.
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