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- - A sailor's dying wish: (http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=84187)

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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Great great read!!
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:kewl:Respect all around.

I've read a few stories like this. You have to admire how much respect the Military shows its former soldiers.

Excellent read....Congrats to U for giving that to your father