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1990, I witnessed what I thought was going to be another vacation pleasure cruise, (9 months) ,instead i encountered a different culture, different religion,different type of combat,different climate,I tasted foods I never knew exsisted ,and met comrades who are now my BROTHERS FOREVER!
I didn't know if I would be alive each day when I awakened ,would be my last .Temps raising up to 115 degrees.
at 07:00.
I watched television in the stateroom as people bragged of shooting fellow aviators down,I seen my brothers in fear,I didn't eat for three days with those images heavy on my heart,as I seen a shipmate Jeffrey Zahn,I had only met three days prior to being downed,I seen fear but strength in that man's eyes,
On 91june 6, I took a round through my canopy ,it sounded like a turbocharged
mosquito,streak by my head,bounce off my console,hit the top of my canopy and
hit the floor of my cockpit,I slid my left boot back capturing it (still cherry red)
and slid it to a safe place,so not to melt wiring.
Landing on deck I reached down and picked it up (still warm),I put it in my LPA
pocket.
Now as I look back,and look ahead ,I Thank my Father In Heaven for loving me.
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