Friday, July 15, 2022
Memories That Never Go Away
"November 9, 1982 -- "Today we left the Philippines (Mark continuing with his letters). I had an excellent time there, but what I love the most is leaving a port anywhere we go. Pulling out is so special. Whenever it is time to go everyone gets out of work clothes, puts on their dress whites and...
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Thursday, July 14, 2022
A Pause In What I Have Been Doing...
I don't know about you, but I think it is wearing to be copying other people's writing even though it is well done and easy to read. Just writing off of the top of my head is much easier. So...I am pausing in my commitment to share Ribcage's letters home when in the U.S. Navy and just talk about...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Accidents Happen
I knew nothing about Korea until Mark began writing about it. Pusan was a regular Port of Call on the voyages of the Blue Ridge. The only thing I really knew about Korea was regarding the Korean War. My oldest sister's boyfriend at that time was drafted into the US Army and was killed in Korea, not...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Is It Time To Worry Yet?
Son always loved to read and to write by hand, and at an early age mastered his own unique print-type handwriting that was easy and enjoyable to read. He read everything, and from an early age loved working the New York Times crossword puzzles and studying my Webster's Dictionary for word meanings...
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Monday, July 11, 2022
I Am An Important Cog In The Machinery of Things
Every one, when they wrote to Mark, had questions about the ship and what he was doing. Mark was very good at addressing those questions in his letters to us. As soon as the ship was in port and he had shore leave, he bought a camera and became a photographer, sending home illustrations of where he...
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