Posted on 04/06/2006 10:50:24 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
May God rest his soul and comfort his loved ones.
Prayers for them and all of that incredible generation that gave us so much through their sacrifice.
God bless you and comfort you on your loss.
What a blessing good parents are.
My husband's Dad, a WWII Marine pilot, died in January. These guys were amazing, they went to war, they were heros, and then they came home and got back to their lives without complaining. God bless 'em all!
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Sounds like he lived a full and wonderful life. God Bless.
God bless you and your father during these tyring times.
Losing a loved one is never easy, but you can take comfort in knowing that your father cared very deeply about you and those around him. The men of WWII were truly of the greatest generation, and many parallels can be drawn to those in service today.
I lost my father back in 2003. He served on Tinian with the 509th Composite Air Group. A life-long conservative Democrat, he turned Republican after 9/11. That day, he called me at work and said "This is worse than Pearl Harbor. Never forget that. Never forget."
God bless you and your father.
I was looking for an example of a WW2 Troop Ship and came across this site:
http://troopships.pier90.org/index.html
and...
http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/education/worldwarIInavy.htm
Thanks for the links.
My heartfelt prayers for your beloved father and your family. Fathers are a wonderful gift from God.
My dad was a Navy corpsman, who was at Okinawa, and Peleliu. Two Purple hearts. Also the finest man I ever knew. Maybe they will meet upstairs. Sorry for your loss, as your dad was obviously a fine man.
May your dad rest in peace and receive the eternal reward of a peacemaker.
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Prayers sent for your father and your family.
I thank God for your father and for all fighting men, past and present, to whom we owe so much.
Giving thanks for the blessing of your dad's service to our country. Prayers for you and your family.
I'm so sorry for your loss. It sure sounds like your dad was a wonderful person, and I can feel the pride and love in your words. Your dad will watch proudly over you in this life, and I have no doubt that you will carry on his ways and make him smile. May God bless your family and fill your hearts with many warm memories of your beloved father.
..I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one,
I'd like to leave an afterglow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing
times and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those
who grieve to dry before the sun
Of happy memories tht I leave
When life is done....
May he rest in peace; he served our country when he was sorely needed.
Maybe that is the wrong thing to say. Rest in peace? If you are weary, yes, but I would look forward to a fullness of life unknown here with lots of interesting things to do and see :-). I don't know what will be allowed in that life; there are some things I'd really miss, but I guess those fall into the category of "worldly attachments" even though they are harmless hobbies.
Absolve, quaesumus, Domine, animam famuli tui, ut, defunctus saeculo tibi vivat; et quae per fragilitatem carnis humana conversatione commisit, tu venia misericordissimae pietatis absterge. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
Absolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, that he who is dead to the world, may live to Thee; and wipe away by Thy most merciful forgiveness whatever sins he may have committed in life through human frailty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
I thank God that He gives our country men like your father, whose sacrifices have kept our nation free.
May God bless you and your family in your time of loss.
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