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Lost my Dad
searcher5
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early this morning. Sure miss him already, though he really hasn't been here for nearly two weeks. He's free from pain, now, and there was never a more believing man, secure in his final destination. RIP, Roscoe Baker. I'll miss you.
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its been 8 years,6 in mind 2 in body gone, still miss mine too
prays sent
My father was a ww11 vet also, hes in a nursing home and I'll get to go see him in a few weeks. He has demencia and repeats a lot but you know, its ok. All we as family can do is tell them we love them. He will be 92 in sept.
Sorry for your loss bro.
I see he was a Paratrooper in the 11th Airborne Division "The Angles". Did he serve in WW2 and if so was he on the Los Banos Raid?
The 11th was a great unit and proved the Airborne concept in 1943 then again the "Air Assault" concept in the early 1960's. A very historic unit.
I don't know if you do facebook but the 11th has a facebook page. I am sure they would like to hear from you and you may find someone who served with your dad.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/11th-Airborne/136560929688745
Our prayers are with you.
I am sorry you lost your father, but glad he is in a better place and pain free.
may he RIP .
Capt. Jack Sparrow.
.... Roscoe Baker ....
Prayers a best wishes for family and friends.
George
Very cool picture............Ed
My heartfelt condolences to you and yours Dan.
My family's prayers are with you and your's.
Also a WWII Veteran.
So far every event, the first Thanksgiving, the first Christmas, the first birthday (his) without him have been a little rough.
Having trouble seeing the keyboard right now.
Each year on his birthday I would share a beer with him. He was diabetic so we only shared one. This February 5th I drank the beer alone at his gravesite. Wanted to celebrate his 90th but he didn't make it.
It's going to be a little rough but remember He is within you and will make you strong.
As a young boy, I asked him if they had to throw him out of the airplane the first time. He replied, "No, by that point, when the Sergeant said jump, you JUMPED!!!!!"
THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
He was a friend to man, and he lived
In a house by the side of the road -- Homer
There are hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the place of their self-content;
There are souls like stars, that dwell apart,
In a fellowless firmament;
There are pioneer souls that blaze their paths
Where highways never ran --
But let me live by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
Let me live in a house by the side of the road,
Where the race of men go by --
The men who are good and the men who are bad,
As good and as bad as I.
I would not sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban --
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I see from my house by the side of the road,
By the side of the highway of life,
The men who press with the ardor of hope,
The men who are faint with the strife.
But I turn not away from their smiles nor their tears,
Both parts of an infinite plan --
Let me live in a house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead
And mountains of wearisome height;
That the road passes on through the long afternoon
And stretches away to the night.
But still I rejoice when the travelers rejoice,
And weep with the strangers that moan,
Nor live in my house by the side of the road
Like a man who dwells alone.
Let me live in my house by the side of the road --
It's here the race of men go by.
They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are strong,
Wise, foolish -- so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road
And be a friend to man.
Sam Walter Foss