Dear Old
Friends and Mates:
Looking back, 40 years +, at our time on
board, the incredible sights at sea and the places that we traveled,
who would have thought, at the time, that this would eventually
be, not only the most decorated ship of the
Atlantic fleet, but ultimately enshrined and the last of its kind in
the world. Literally, "The Ship
That Wouldn't Die".
Unique to those of us who had the experience of riding the waves on
this ship, being a 'tin can sailor' and the memories that we have,
I personally feel blessed and privileged to not only to have
been your shipmate but to know that, in spite of
lives transient, ever changing
landscapes of the old making way for the new, that we will have this
ships real presence, I believe, for the rest of our lives, to share
stories with our grand children, family and
friends and they can actually revisit Grandpa's ship in their life
times.
A piece of their history from the Greatest Generation.
Looking forward to our next correspondence.
Until then, may you and yours be well and in God's care.
Sincerely and respectfully,
Dennis Colusci