When I was with Analog Devices. Inc., I had the freedom to fly all over the world. In recognition of the many American lives lost in action i always made it a point to visit battle sites like Corregidor and in Europe to honor all those men and women who fought there and sacrificed their lives for liberty and freedom. My dad, God bless his soul, tried to enlist in the USNavy but was turned down due to his eyes. He spent the war years as a first class machinest in the Charlestown navy shipyard here in Boston. He didn't talk about it much but he did say how painful it was to work on repairing highly damaged ships that still contained mangled bodies. He said tho, that one of his proudest accomplishments was balancing the propellers on the U S carrier Lexington. God bless him and so many others who contributed to the war effort in those years.
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