An Honor...

I have been honored.  Not by a politician; not by some public authority.  I have been honored by the men of the USS Joseph Hewes, DE 1078.

Sometime during the summer of 2013, a couple of the Joey Boat men started calling me, "The Admiral".  My guess was that it was a joke because of my direct, 'damn the torpedoes' nature.  I mean, I'm a wife, my long suffering hubby says I give good orders.  To quote Popeye, "I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam."

The other night, on a Facebook forum The Destroyer Escort Sailors Association, I posted some pictures from my pop's ship during World War 2 - the USS Rinehard DE-196.  The sailors there commented on the photos, enhanced the photos, but other than those from the Joey Boat, none knew me.  So, an introduction was made and so were the usual comments & banter.  Then, Eddie Pete said something I really didn't expect.  Eddie Pete said that I was one of them.

I am truly honored and blessed to know these men.  Truly honored...

Love you guys....  God bless.