It is with great sadness that I must report the passing of Davis I.
Rawal, a war hero, shipmate, good friend and beloved father-in-law.

Normally I wouldn't burden the group with a personal matter of this
nature, but I had in the past mentioned some of Dave's exploits while
serving in the Merchant Marine in WWII, and some of the folks here
seemed to appreciate them.

As it turns out, Dave started to write down some of his stories and I
was able to recover them from his computer. Here they are, with just
a bit of editing:

http://www.sv-loki.com/Davis/davis.html

Jeff wrote:
It is with great sadness that I must report the passing of Davis I.
Rawal, a war hero, shipmate, good friend and beloved father-in-law.


Jeff, we'll half-mast the flag at sunset.


Normally I wouldn't burden the group with a personal matter of this
nature, but I had in the past mentioned some of Dave's exploits while
serving in the Merchant Marine in WWII, and some of the folks here
seemed to appreciate them.

As it turns out, Dave started to write down some of his stories and I
was able to recover them from his computer. Here they are, with just a
bit of editing:

http://www.sv-loki.com/Davis/davis.html

Jeff, thanks very much for posting these. I did not see them
before... I just read the story of the "Champions of the
South Pacific" aloud to some friends visiting and they loved
it. It is a good thing that these stories can be passed on,
it's sad that so many men of that "Greatest Generation" are
gone.

Sincerely
Doug King

DSK wrote:
I just read the story of the "Champions of the
South Pacific" aloud to some friends visiting and they loved
it.

Sincerely
Doug King

I missed that one the first go around.... what a great story :0)

Joe

Thanks Jeff;

Very sorry to hear of your Father-in-Law passing away.

I got "Champions of the South Pacific" from Doug and enjoyed it very
much. Looking forward to what ever you've posted.

Passed "Champions----" on to another WW2 merchant marine. All of us WW2
Vets are walking that "Between World of Humanity and Spirituality"
There aren't many of us left. Their are three of us that have lunch
together every Thurs. Thom, Dick and Harry. We've lasted ten years but
you can see our aging now, week to week.

Thanks Again!
Ol Thom




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Thom Stewart wrote:
Thanks Jeff;

Very sorry to hear of your Father-in-Law passing away.

I got "Champions of the South Pacific" from Doug and enjoyed it very
much. Looking forward to what ever you've posted.

Passed "Champions----" on to another WW2 merchant marine. All of us WW2
Vets are walking that "Between World of Humanity and Spirituality"
There aren't many of us left. Their are three of us that have lunch
together every Thurs. Thom, Dick and Harry. We've lasted ten years but
you can see our aging now, week to week.

Thanks Again!
Ol Thom


Hey Ol Thom,

Make sure to read the others, "Signing on" is pretty good as well.

Joe




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Thom Stewart wrote:
Thanks Jeff;

Very sorry to hear of your Father-in-Law passing away.

I got "Champions of the South Pacific" from Doug and enjoyed it very
much. Looking forward to what ever you've posted.

Passed "Champions----" on to another WW2 merchant marine. All of us WW2
Vets are walking that "Between World of Humanity and Spirituality"
There aren't many of us left. Their are three of us that have lunch
together every Thurs. Thom, Dick and Harry. We've lasted ten years but
you can see our aging now, week to week.

Thanks Again!
Ol Thom


I'm glad you enjoyed it, Thom. I had known that Dave had occasionally
written down bits and pieces, but was surprised that he had actually
finished four stories.

Here's the link again:
http://www.sv-loki.com/Davis/davis.html

What the hell, Thom, we're both on the cusp of life's greatest adventure.

--
jlrogers±³©
"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
...
Thanks Jeff;

Very sorry to hear of your Father-in-Law passing away.

I got "Champions of the South Pacific" from Doug and enjoyed it very
much. Looking forward to what ever you've posted.

Passed "Champions----" on to another WW2 merchant marine. All of us WW2
Vets are walking that "Between World of Humanity and Spirituality"
There aren't many of us left. Their are three of us that have lunch
together every Thurs. Thom, Dick and Harry. We've lasted ten years but
you can see our aging now, week to week.

Thanks Again!
Ol Thom




http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage

jlrogers±³© wrote:
What the hell, Thom, we're both on the cusp of life's greatest adventure.


Yall fixin to sail across an ocean? :0)

Joe

Joe;

Don't know if its a Ocean or whatever but; for sure it will be a once
only trip and I hope I make it as I should.




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