John Joseph Amarante

Last evening I was reading a piece that I wrote about 25 years ago about my time in the US Navy aboard the USS Leonard F. MASON DD852. In the article I wrote briefly about some of the men that I considered good friends. John Amarante was one of my closest friends and a very nice person. I never have forgotten that he hailed from Gustine, California. I decided to try to make contact with him this morning when I learned that he had passed. I was shocked by this news and I had hoped that I could talk a bit with him about our time together in the Navy. He was a fine guy and I always valued my friendship with him. If you are interested in the piece that I wrote about our time in the Navy, I would be very happy to share this with you. If you would like to see this, please send me your current email or mailing address (email best). My email is [email protected] and my postal address is chris jorgensen, 35126 minuet drive, Palm Desert, CA 92211. Again, I was very fond of our relationship and would say he was my best friend aboard ship. My thoughts go out to his family.

LOVE YOU
JOHN BOY

We are going to miss you.
We Love you

John was a very gentle sweet man. He will be dearly missed.