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USS Midway fulfills dying vet's wish
Here is a feel good story...
When 85-year-old Bob Mountz arrived at the USS Midway Museum on Tuesday, his heart, he said, fluttered up toward his throat.
The former Navy hospital corpsman served aboard the Midway for two years in the mid-1950s, toward the end of the Korean War. He hadn’t seen the aircraft carrier since.
Here is a feel good story...
When 85-year-old Bob Mountz arrived at the USS Midway Museum on Tuesday, his heart, he said, fluttered up toward his throat.
The former Navy hospital corpsman served aboard the Midway for two years in the mid-1950s, toward the end of the Korean War. He hadn’t seen the aircraft carrier since.
USS Midway fulfills dying vet's wish
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USS MIDWAY Museum
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A Sailor and our ships are never forgotten. A sailor has an attachment to our ships that are hard to explain. When I talk to my best friend in Chicago we spend hours talking about our days on The Enterprise CVN-65
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LCDR Jamie Galus
PO2 Mark Saffell Shipmate, I couldn't have said it better myself. The connection that we have with our ships is hard to explain to someone from another service. They are living breathing ladies that have their own personalities. As I have always told my Sailors, "We need to take care of her, so that she will talk care of us."
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SGT Jim Z. You rock! Great story. I love these kinds of stories. 60+ years later and you can still see the firey spark in his eyes when he regales his military service. Korea War Veteran RESPECT!!!
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SGT Jim Z.
SFC Mark Merino thank you as CW5 (Join to see) can attest I tend to find these stories and a lot.
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That's a great story, SGT Jim Z.. Thanks, as always, for sharing these great stories with the RallyPoint family.
I'll bet Mr. Mountz summed up the sentiments of a lot of vets when he said this:
“There was a lot of good. More than bad,” Mountz said about the memories.
Isn't that the way it always goes. When we're going through it, things may seem miserable, but afterwards the memories tend to be mostly good. That has been my experience. Can I get a witness?
I'll bet Mr. Mountz summed up the sentiments of a lot of vets when he said this:
“There was a lot of good. More than bad,” Mountz said about the memories.
Isn't that the way it always goes. When we're going through it, things may seem miserable, but afterwards the memories tend to be mostly good. That has been my experience. Can I get a witness?
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