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Britt Thompson
May 25, 2005
My father, the late Major Miles Thompson, served with Bill Dunfee in Company I, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division in WWII.
The men of their generation - “The Greatest Generation” - are slowly passing from us, and we who are left behind are poorer for it. When they were young, these men lived the last great adventure of our time, and in so doing, they came to know the horror, the pain, the suffering, the loneliness, and the loss of war. But by the courage, unselfishness, and heroism that they displayed, they won World War II and saved the world. Through their sacrifice, they ensured that we and those who come after us will continue to enjoy the freedoms for which they paid so dear a price.
Whenever and wherever a stick of paratroops, loosed from the bonds of Earth, jumps from a transport into the freedom of the sky to touch the face of God, my father and Bill Dunfee will be there with them, together once again with Gavin, Almieda, DeGeralmo, and the countless others who have gone before them.
And so today, in the beautiful words of The Book of Common Prayer, I pray for these brave paratroopers, especially for my father and Bill Dunfee, who have made their last jump, and I pray for all those who serve our country in the armed forces.
Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Debi Myers
May 24, 2005
Tom, Susie and Jody,
My deepest sympathy on the loss of your dad.
Tom & Jill Carpenter
May 24, 2005
We will miss him as a great neighbor. He was such a nice guy.
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