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To: epicure who wrote (133328)	5/17/2004 8:58:44 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

X, I know how proud you must be of your dad; when I read your message and his letters I felt like I knew him because I had that kind of dad. I've always felt that men like your dad and mine leave a little of themselves in everyone they meet and that they live on long after their deaths as the ripples they created spread outward. My dad fought in WW11 in North Africa and in Europe, including the battle of the Bulge. He was one of only three men in his company that survived to the end of the war. He ended up a sergeant e-6 and he never talked of his experiences. He was an agnostic during the war, and after, and a man who always lent a helping hand to an underdog without judging them. He was driving by a construction accident site when I was about 10 years old. There had been a natural gas explosion and there were two guys injured in the rubble. The gas was still leaking out and none of the bystanders would go in to get them because they all knew it was going to blow any second. My dad never hesitated; he went in and carried out one guy and was going back for the second when it blew again and killed the other guy. He left without leaving his name and before anyone could thank him. My mom told my sister and I what happened and when I asked him all he said was that it was the right thing to do and those standing around should have pulled out the other guy. He meant it too. A man did what a man needed to do. My dad didn't leave any estate when he died. What he left me was an understanding of what a man ought to be. You can't use your master card to buy that.