Fender Fanatics

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 5:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 5:15 a.m. Michael G. Cahill spoke to soldiers all the time in his job as physician’s assistant, taking their histories and listening to their stories.

LIZ ROBBINS From towns large and small came reminiscences about some of the people gunned down at Fort Hood.

NEW YORK, Nov 7 — Men and women from small towns and big cities across the country were preparing to leave for a tour of duty or just returning home when they found themselves together at the Soldiers Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood on Thursday.