Montclair's Peace Corps volunteers look back at their service : page all - NorthJersey.com: "Weaver was shocked to be asked to join a special group of Peace Corps volunteers who were to train athletes in newly independent African countries with the goal of participating in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
He was going to Senegal, where athletes had competed internationally before, but not under their own flag; they ran for the French flag. Senegal gained its independence from France in 1960."
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Friday, October 7, 2011
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