My Dad

My Dad was one of the most special people God ever made. He was from Vermont, strong, silent type. He graduated fromMiddlebury College and joined the Navy Air...he fought in the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway and, of course, the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was the pilot who discovered Ensign Gay after Midway. When we were in the Philippines, I remember a Marine coming to our house off base to get Dad to go look for President Magsaysay when his plane was missing. Dad wore a black ribbon on his uniform for 30 days after the death of the President Magsaysay. I once shook Luz Magsaysay's hand at an International Girl Scout's Jamboree in the Philippines. I can still sing the Philippine national anthem...every morning we sang it as soon as we finished The Star Spangled Banner....so, everytime we sing our anthem, I start in on, "Land of the Morning, Child of the Sun Returning.....