Veterans
Y'all check this out: I'm a Dentist in New Bern (coastal) North Carolina, near Cherry Point MCAS. As such, I have a number of very interesting patients - I just finished chatting with Mr. Paul Newlove, the Engineering officer on USS Archerfish. He was on the Indianapolis on 5 December '41 when they steamed out of Pearl Harbor. Archerfish was patrolling off of Tokyo Bay when the Japanese surrendered, so he was in the bay for the surrender ceremony. He saw Shinano sunk, damn. He is 90 years old - it has been very sad for me to watch his physical decline over the last few years. Today he told me he just lost a shipmate - one of the last couple of guys from the Archerfish still living. Another patient, "Pop" Beasley, just passed away over the holidays. "Pop" flew wildcats off of Henderson Field in the days of the "Cactus Airforce", and until a few years ago, would go hunting every year with his best friend Joe Foss, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor flying F4Fs with "Pop" over "The Canal" in 1942. Another patient, Rev. Clifford Dartt, was awarded the Navy Cross on Peleliu.
Salute to these guys, and all of the others. Their generation is passing away, to our great loss.
Andrew Mylander
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