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My Hero is Gone
February 4, 2007 | Delaney's Girl

Posted on 02/04/2007 7:15:40 AM PST by Heart of Georgia

My dad passed away February 1, 2007. He was a veteran of two wars, and he was truly a hero, but you couldn’t get him to agree to that, ever. He’d always say, “No, I was just doing my job.”

You could try, but a more patriotic man you would never find. During WWII and the Korean War, Dad was a builder of bridges and a mechanic for the planes he often times was heard referring to as, "a bucket of bolts."

He was born in Rosemont, West Virginia, the son of a coal miner. Not an educated man, he never thought of himself as very smart, but tell that to the USAF. He won an award for his invention of a valve that's now standard on all jet engines. And he devised a way to make one model work better mechanically by swapping out engine parts of another model. The Air Force deployed him all over the country, and at times overseas, to train others in this technique.

Above and beyond his service to this nation, he's my personal hero. A man dedicated to his family first and foremost. He's a true picture of what our heavenly Father intended fathers to be. There's not a time in my life when he wasn't there for me, and I know everyone in his life would say the same thing.


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KEYWORDS: dad; hero; koreanwar; wwii
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To: Heart of Georgia

I'm so sorry for your loss. Prayers to you and your family.


61 posted on 02/04/2007 8:31:20 AM PST by pattty
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To: Heart of Georgia

Prayers for you. How blessed you have been to have had such a man as your father. How blessed has our nation been to have had him as a hero.


62 posted on 02/04/2007 8:40:53 AM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: Heart of Georgia

Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of your dear Dad. My Dad passed away many years ago, at age 48, and seems he was much like your Dad. A truly good human being and a patriot. Keeping your Dad's good spirit in your heart and remembering happy times will help.

Your Dad, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.


63 posted on 02/04/2007 8:52:46 AM PST by 4integrity
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To: Heart of Georgia

Good Dad's are always with you, Heart.

Mine was here, showing me the way, (or trying to, smiles), for the first 20 years of my life. He worked hard to teach us, usually through our having to make "tough" choices, (I have to smile when I think back on some of them). A good number of times though, his tender heart won out. Then, all of the sudden, it became time for me to seriously get behind the wheel...
He will always be there, good company on whatever road you find yourself on.

God bless and keep you.

tatt


64 posted on 02/04/2007 8:57:09 AM PST by thesearethetimes...
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To: Heart of Georgia
I've been taking care of my dad for almost two years now, and I feel like I should be in the kitchen baking him biscuits.

Prayers to you and your mother, my dear FRiend.

You will probably spend quite some time going back and forth in your head, "I know what happened...dad is gone. But it just doesn't seem possible...he's ALWAYS been here."

It's even harder, after having been a caretaker, to be left suddenly without many of your routines and responsibilities.

Hang in there. You'll get through. One day at a time.

65 posted on 02/04/2007 9:14:36 AM PST by Dianna
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To: Heart of Georgia

I lost my father in WV 20 years ago this month. It does not seem possible it was that long ago. Seems like yesterday. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in this difficult time.


66 posted on 02/04/2007 9:24:27 AM PST by USN40VET
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To: Heart of Georgia

prayer bump


67 posted on 02/04/2007 9:24:59 AM PST by Tribune7 (A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet.)
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To: Heart of Georgia

Sorry for your loss and very grateful for his service to our country.

God be with you and yours.


68 posted on 02/04/2007 9:35:13 AM PST by JZelle
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To: Heart of Georgia

I'm sorry to hear of your loss and I know how you feel. I lost my Dad four years ago to cancer. It feels like something has been taken away. I can see by your word that you are feeling the same things I did. Good luck and God Bless.


69 posted on 02/04/2007 9:38:16 AM PST by 38special (I mean come'on.)
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To: Heart of Georgia

We are never truly prepared for the loss of hero's. My deepest sympathy. My hero has been gone two years now.

It took a long time to find joy in the memories, not sorrow that there were no more to be made with him....

Prayers for you and the rest of your family!


70 posted on 02/04/2007 10:07:17 AM PST by justche (When moderators aren't anonymous and ARE accountable, I'll consider donating again.)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum



God bless you and your family.


71 posted on 02/04/2007 10:13:10 AM PST by itsLUCKY2B (?Borders, Language, and Culture.?)
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To: Heart of Georgia

I am so sorry..... you will always miss him but with time your heart will heal....prayers to you....He sounded like a wonderful man


72 posted on 02/04/2007 10:15:11 AM PST by Kimmers
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To: Heart of Georgia

sorry for your loss


73 posted on 02/04/2007 10:21:05 AM PST by mcar
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To: Heart of Georgia

I will keep you, your father, and your family in my prayers. I am so sorry for your loss.


74 posted on 02/04/2007 10:51:09 AM PST by penowa (NO more Bushes; NO more Clintons EVER!)
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To: Heart of Georgia; Texas Termite; manna; Okies love Dubya 2; Fawnn; Harmless Teddy Bear; ...

Heart of Georgia, I'm so sorry for your loss....we'll all be praying for you, for the strength to make it through these coming days as you lay him to rest, and, in the days to come....

Please accept my deepest condolences.


75 posted on 02/04/2007 10:52:41 AM PST by Brad’s Gramma (DUNCAN HUNTER FOR PRESIDENT! http://www.gohunter08.com/Home.aspx)
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To: Heart of Georgia
May God comfort you and give you peace and strength as you endure this trial, in Jesus' name.

Carolyn

76 posted on 02/04/2007 10:53:49 AM PST by CDHart ("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
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To: Heart of Georgia
I understand. My father was an Alabaman. Fought at Guadalcanal, Pelelieu, in Korea, and Vietnam. My dad died of lung cancer in 2001. He had stopped smoking twenty years earlier.

Each year I travel back to my father's town to be with my mother on the anniversary of his death. It's a rite of passage in this life, and a very sad one.
77 posted on 02/04/2007 10:55:56 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Heart of Georgia

Prayers sent


78 posted on 02/04/2007 10:56:10 AM PST by Hydroshock (Duncan Hunter For President, checkout gohunter08.com.)
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To: Heart of Georgia

God be with you, your family and your father. May he rest in peace.


79 posted on 02/04/2007 10:56:54 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Heart of Georgia
Blessings and prayers on you and your family. What a wonderful American .. a hero to you for sure, but for US all. God bless you during this sad time. He was blessed to have you, as well.


80 posted on 02/04/2007 10:57:53 AM PST by STARWISE (They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
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