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Old 11-12-2013, 06:14 PM   #1
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A sailor's dying wish:

http://idrivewarships.wordpress.com/...rs-dying-wish/

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After signing my pop, EM2 Bud Cloud (circa Pearl Harbor) up for hospice care, the consolation prize I’d given him (for agreeing it was OK to die) was a trip to “visit the Navy in San Diego.”


I emailed my friend and former Marine sergeant, Mrs. Mandy McCammon, who’s currently serving as a Navy Public Affairs Officer, at midnight on 28 May. I asked Mandy if she had enough pull on any of the bases in San Diego to get me access for the day so I could give Bud, who served on USS Dewey (DD-349), a windshield tour.
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Old 11-13-2013, 07:21 AM   #2
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Old 11-13-2013, 08:31 AM   #3
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Great great read!!
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Old 11-13-2013, 08:58 AM   #4
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Old 11-13-2013, 10:24 AM   #5
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I've read a few stories like this. You have to admire how much respect the Military shows its former soldiers.
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Old 11-13-2013, 10:31 AM   #6
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Excellent read....Congrats to U for giving that to your father
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