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Caregiving: I’m frustrated and exhausted.
Caregivers | Last Active: Mar 27, 2022 | Replies (223)Comment receiving replies
@gingerw My dad spoke of his service only one time. We were visiting him after his retirement. Late one evening I said I was going to take our children out for a walk on the beach. My dad said he wanted to come along -- something he never did. Part way into our walk he said he had something he wanted to tell the kids. For the only time in my life he told his stories of the war --- finishing with 'I just want you grandchildren to know how horrible war is, what I had to do, and how I was just plain lucky to live through it.'
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@IndianaScott Wow, what an impact that made, I bet. We found out about my dad saving a fellow sailor during an onboard fire, in 2000 or so. Even then, before my birth, his actions were my role model; this sailor was a different race than my dad, and interracial friendships were not common. In 2004 he drove from Reno to southern CA to be at the commissioning of a naval vessel named after that sailor, who had become a hero. He didn't want the family to know he was there, just wanted to be there.
Ginger