On this sad day 55-years-ago I lost my dad and best friend. Forever with me.
Sgt. Paul J. Whelan, USA, Ft. Dix, N.J. – 1943
Brooklyn, N.Y. – c1919
Mom and Dad in Brazil – c1961
Forever in my heart. – Chris
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You must have been quite young. You look like him.
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I was. He died on 3 November and I turned 10 on the 22nd. My mom and dad would have been married for 20 years on 6 November. Of course, President Kennedy was killed on my birthday and I was sent home early from school to an empty house to watch the horrible news all by myself. I still miss my dad every day in some way or another and with no brothers or sisters you get to experience all the grief mostly alone.
Thank you – the Whelan men all kinda look alike 🙂
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