A wonderful tribute. As a fellow "vet" (but a few years his junior) I would have been proud to have known and respected him. He sounds like "my kind of guy." While I went to the ETO, I can attest his was a most important job in the Pacific even if he was bored; if you didn't have PURE WATER to drink...you DIED!
Thank you Bill. Yes, those little "boring" tasks are vital & not everyone gets to do the fun jobs, as we all know..and in life the grass is always greener!