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re: Letter from Sec. of Navy
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:14 pm to Tigerwaffe
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:14 pm to Tigerwaffe
Man, that is an awesome gesture by the secretary...hopefully, the families of all who received it treasure the letter as much as you do. Thanks for sharing it with us....
Posted on 1/1/15 at 2:22 pm to Spankum
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hopefully, the families of all who received it treasure the letter as much as you do.
Honestly, I can imagine my dad--the least boastful or attention-seeking person I've ever known--reading the thing and thinking to himself, "Yeah, I really saved the nation out there, keeping track of supplies on a broken down scow out in the the middle of the Pacific Ocean."
In fact, he did perform an act of heroism during the war--one I recounted a few days ago on this board--but I only found out about it from one of his shipmates.
My dad would've been mortified if that story had spread, he could've lived to be a thousand years old and I'd never had heard a word about it from his lips. Not uncommon among people who lived through those times.
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