Sara Dylan in Manhattan, between Second and Third Avenues. Sara had a modeling career and appeared in "Harper's Bazaar" as the 'lovely luscious Sara Lownds'—then became pregnant. Their daughter Maria was born October 21, 1961. Within a year of the birth, the marriage began to fail. Sara started going out on her own, driving around town in an MG sports car Hans had given her, and gravitated to the youthful scene in Greenwich Village. Sometime in early 1964, she met Bob Dylan. Sara was still married to Hans when they met, and Dylan was still romantically linked to Joan Baez at the
David E. Lownds of the war, Lownds returned to the US and joined the Marine Reserves on 25 October 1945. Lownds returned to active duty during the Korean War. Lownds was serving with the I Marine Expeditionary Force when they were deployed to the Dominican Republic aboard during Operation Powerpack in April 1965. On 14 August 1967, Col. Lownds assumed command of the 26th Marine Regiment which was conducting Operation Ardmore, continued as Operation Scotland, around Khe Sanh Combat Base in northwest Quảng Trị Province. Lownds led the defense of Khe Sanh throughout the Battle of Khe Sanh, ultimately commanding over 6000 Marines