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Sherry - 17 Mar 2008 01:38 GMT

Jill, I was very sorry to hear about your Dad's passing.
Coincidentally, the last of Feb. I attended the funeral of a good
friend. Her ex-husband was there, and I spoke with him at length. It
turns out he was a member of Special Forces, and served several tours
in Viet Nam, and also served on Okinawa between around 1961-1972. I
wonder if he knew your father; I bet their paths had crossed
somewhere.

Sherry

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jmcquown - 18 Mar 2008 23:37 GMT

> Jill, I was very sorry to hear about your Dad's passing.
> Coincidentally, the last of Feb. I attended the funeral of a good
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> Sherry

Thank you, Sherry. It was time. He was a tired (and very bewildered) old
soldier.

Their paths may well have crossed at some point. Dad left Okinawa in 1961.
He did two tours in VietNam starting some time in 1966.

Jill

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Takayuki - 19 Mar 2008 03:57 GMT

> Thank you, Sherry. It was time. He was a tired (and very bewildered) old
> soldier.

I'm sorry about your dad. You always spoke about him with a lot of
affection and wry humor. He sounds like the type that if I knew him,
I'd hang around a lot while only occasionally rolling my eyes.

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jmcquown - 19 Mar 2008 14:12 GMT

>> Thank you, Sherry. It was time. He was a tired (and very bewildered)
>> old soldier.
>
> I'm sorry about your dad. You always spoke about him with a lot of
> affection and wry humor. He sounds like the type that if I knew him,
> I'd hang around a lot while only occasionally rolling my eyes.

Thanks, Tak!

Jill

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