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Thank You for Being My Dad

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In the several pages that followed, Dad wrote down his memories of those departed friends. Many of these men were known to me, but some were not. After reading Dad's recollections, however, I almost felt as if I had known them, too. I saw these men as Dad had seen them, and his words serve as a tribute to their memories.

Dad had the uncanny ability to choose people of fine character as his friends. That is a legacy that he passed on to us, his family.

Dad, we miss you greatly, but the knowledge that you are now in the company of your buddies makes your leaving us easier to bear.

In closing, I quote Ralph Barton Perry who wrote the following over 100 years ago. His words describe those relationships that Dad nurtured so carefully:

'Wherever you are, it is your own friends who make your world.'