So sorry to hear that your husband’s reunion wish did not materialize.
I offer up a Salute to his memory.
I’m not sure if you were a Navy Wife, but if so, Thank You for your service to our country. Navy Wives may not wear the uniform, but they serve right alongside IMHO.
Mrsdd became my bride half way through my enlistment. She endured the separations during two of my three six month deployments. We were engaged during my first, so she actually endured all three. She’s my own special hero.
Yes, I was a Navy wife. Learned to iron those”whites”. He was aboard ship the first ten months of our marriage which killed us. Finally, he got shore duty for school and I moved to Portsmouth, Va. for our first little 2 room apt. I thought it was a mansion! Then he was transferred to the U. S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, Va. and we moved there and had our first son at the Fort Eustis Army Hospital. Hubby didn’t sign up after his four years and we moved back to Tennessee. Glad to hear about your lovely mate also! You probably were a “career Navy man”. huh? By the way, he was a Hospital Corpsman.