Yes— I miss my closest fallen friend. Dad. A warrior, and my true mentor to life. S. Pacific theater, S. China Sea, Tokyo harbor February 1942 mapping for Jimmy Dolittle raid, Phillipines (one of his best Aussie friends, let off in half moonlight to his copra plantation to Coast Watch. Japs caught him in a week, and chopped his head off). Good friend shipmate- was captured/Jap POW camp/survived with trauma- everytime he smelled gardenias (the sweet smell all around the camp and starved dead men) he went completely out of his mind- Dad brought him back.
So much he kept inside, and focused on building, designing, making and preserving. His words “squared away”—the #1 guide in life, to be that whenever possible. Patriot.
We will always remember. I stand in good company. My uncle was the same way, never talked about it. Yet this corrupted POS running for president was a medal of freedom recipient. Along with a crap load of commie leftist, lol. Ellen Degeneres, Lip biter Bill Clinton, Oprah, Meryl crooked-nose Streep, Barbra Streisand, Bruce f’n Springsteen, and Robert jagof De Niro. If that doesn’t make you want to go out and buy some guns, lol.
To have such a mentor as well as a father makes you a fortunate man.