06-06-2013, 12:53 PM
The keel of the first ship I served in, USS Lowry DD-770, was laid the year I was born, 1943. She fought in WWII, Korea, and after I transferred off her, in Viet Nam. I reported aboard the day she returned from the Cuban Blockade, and spent three years aboard.
She was the closest I ever got to "in country", even though I had several changes of duty station, during the Nam era.
The U.S. had no intentions of entering WWII, until the "sneak attack". We declared war on Japan, an Axis Member, and Germany then declared war on us, and we were, unwillingly, in the European conflict, and fighting in the Pacific.
I have many reasons for not forgetting. They rest in peace now, because so many Americans fought, and survived, for what they believed in.
Lowry, now rests in 1250 Fathoms of Atlantic Ocean. She too is at peace.
She was the closest I ever got to "in country", even though I had several changes of duty station, during the Nam era.
The U.S. had no intentions of entering WWII, until the "sneak attack". We declared war on Japan, an Axis Member, and Germany then declared war on us, and we were, unwillingly, in the European conflict, and fighting in the Pacific.
I have many reasons for not forgetting. They rest in peace now, because so many Americans fought, and survived, for what they believed in.
Lowry, now rests in 1250 Fathoms of Atlantic Ocean. She too is at peace.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!