Sadly, one of the last few survivors of Pearl Harbor has passed away…
https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1867348183233228969
With his death, I ‘believe’ there are around fifteen actual survivors left.
Fair Winds and Following Seas to Robert Fernandez, one of the Greatest Generation!
Wow. Those guys are tenacious!
Well, he’s reunited with his shipmates. The stories they’re telling while enjoying gedunk and coffee (since we all know there is no coffee like Navy coffee) in the mess would be amazing to hear.
Fair Winds and Following Seas, Sailor. You stand relieved.
https://youtu.be/ui6Q5kBnmC8
Bugler, sound Taps.
Compared with today’s youth, including my own grandchildren ( I am 70),
my heart weeps without end
for the future.
All- Thank you!
There comes a time when you have to board the ship and sail into the setting sun like a Viking, having lived a full life.
RIP – sic transit gloria mundi