Re: Lest we forget

In article <IOadf.45793$qk4.43711@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Vaughn" <vaughnsimonHATESSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Roy Brown" <roybrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:M15df.1620$Tk1.67358@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Soap box time.
> >
> > In Peace may they rest, lest we forget why they died.
> > Take a pittance of time
>
> Thanks Roy;
>
> For me, remembrance has a face. I suppose that makes me lucky because
> for
> many vets, rememberance has way too many faces.
>
> I still think of *** Engelhart a lot, but this is the one day of the
> year
> when you can count on me to mention his name. I remember the last time I
> spent
> time with him. It was early on a spring morning in the Bershire area of
> Mass.
> I guess we were both out for an early morning walk and we happened to meet at
> the edge of a quiet lake. We chucked some flat rocks across the water,
> enjoyed
> the still morning and contemplated the great changes that were happening in
> our
> lives. We were just completing US Navy nuclear power school. *** had
> gotten
> his orders to his first submarine and I was due for mine shortly. I ended up
> going to the USS Patrick Henry http://www.rontini.com/599.htm, and *** ended
> up
> with orders to the USS Scorpion http://www.txoilgas.com/589-1.html. He is
> still
> aboard.
>
> Vaughn

Vaughn,

I went to the USS Scorpion's site and paid my respect to your friend and
his shipmates. Then I went to the USS Patrick Henry's site and reviewed
all of the crew names including yours. Thank you for bringing the
history of these boats and their crew members to my attention and thank
your for your service.

Sincerely,
TW
.

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