The one thing that Dad never wants to miss is the reunion with his shipmates. They get together for lunch once a year, right around this time. Usually they aim for April 7th, in memory of the day their destroyer got hit by a kamikaze during one of their tours in the south Pacific. It usually begins with a toast to all that have gathered together followed by a toast to all that have gone before. Theirs is a bond that the average person can only vaguely comprehend.
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this is so touching. how many men are in the group? that were on the ship together?
They were all on the USS Bennett together, but I don't know how many of the group are still with us. I do know that there were atleast three not there today for various reasons.
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