Memorial Day Dispatch from Dad

A B-24 Story by My Father, Dr. Gary E. Farwell

Crew of the USS Tom Clancy,

Happy Memorial Day often seems oxymoronic to me, as the day is not by design one of happiness for many.

For many more, it is, a weekend of BBQ, family, friends, the first blush of an early summer, flowers in bloom and the sun fully shining.

My Dad and I just got back from the cemetery in eastern Idaho where we laid cut flowers …