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Roverron
11-14-2013, 03:08 PM
After signing my Pop, EM2 Bud Cloud (circa Pearl Harbor) up for hospice care, the consolation prize I’d given him (for agreeing it was OK to die) was a trip to “visit the Navy in San Diego.”
I emailed my friend and former Marine sergeant, Mrs. Mandy McCammon, who’s currently serving as a Navy Public Affairs Officer, at midnight on 28 May. I asked Mandy if she had enough pull on any of the bases in San Diego to get me access for the day so I could give Bud, who served on USS Dewey (DD-349), a windshield tour.

The next day she sent me an email from the current USS Dewey (DDG 105)’s XO, CDR Mikael Rockstad, inviting us down to the ship two days later.

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Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/dying-navy-sailor-visits-uss-dewey-2013-11#ixzz2keVqDjhh

jmlutz
11-14-2013, 03:40 PM
Great story!

BlackKnight
11-14-2013, 04:50 PM
Awesome story. For some reason my vision always get blurry midway through reading those kinds of stories.

Roverron
11-14-2013, 04:59 PM
Same here. Must be dust in the air.

TLE2
11-14-2013, 05:07 PM
Yep, dust...

Riverpigusmc
11-14-2013, 06:23 PM
Outstanding and honorable