The Dozen Cousins
Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
I was volunteering at the hospice on a beautiful Saturday morning. I was walking around with a mint jar in my hands. Offering folks a mint is a good way to break the ice when meeting strangers for the first time.
I walked through the door of a room with an elderly gentleman lying in bed and a middle-aged lady, probably in her sixties, sitting next to him on the couch. I walked in with a smile and offered her a mint, which she took a few.
She mentions then that her father her in bed is a veteran! He was a pilot in the Navy during World War Two! Also his brother and sister were Navy pilots! She said that they were a group of a dozen cousins in his family that all volunteered for World War 2 together!
The family called them the Dozen Cousins afterwards! Most of them served with distinction and returned home, some did not. The patients brother was taking off in a Navy plane, and it caught fire on rake-off! He brother, even though an excellent pilot, died while trying to land again!
The Dozen Cousins, because of their bond in wartime, remained close afterwards. They were a special group who volunteered to help out our country in its time of greatest need. One of them is now passing away!
Do you know someone that is or was a Navy pilot? Can you tell me about it in the comments section?
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I was volunteering at the hospice on a beautiful Saturday morning. I was walking around with a mint jar in my hands. Offering folks a mint is a good way to break the ice when meeting strangers for the first time.
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I walked through the door of a room with an elderly gentleman lying in bed and a middle-aged lady, probably in her sixties, sitting next to him on the couch. I walked in with a smile and offered her a mint, which she took a few.
She mentions then that her father her in bed is a veteran! He was a pilot in the Navy during World War Two! Also his brother and sister were Navy pilots! She said that they were a group of a dozen cousins in his family that all volunteered for World War 2 together!
The family called them the Dozen Cousins afterwards! Most of them served with distinction and returned home, some did not. The patients brother was taking off in a Navy plane, and it caught fire on rake-off! He brother, even though an excellent pilot, died while trying to land again!
The Dozen Cousins, because of their bond in wartime, remained close afterwards. They were a special group who volunteered to help out our country in its time of greatest need. One of them is now passing away!
Do you know someone that is or was a Navy pilot? Can you tell me about it in the comments section?
If you enjoyed this story you can click on the link to follow this blog.
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