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for Seymour Cohen
Frank X. O'Brien
August 20, 2009
Dear Mrs. Cohen,
Please accept my deepest, heartfelt sympathy for your loss.
Seymour flew with my father, Bill O'Brien, on Daddy's Delight several times. He shared the few photos he had of them together with me.
I'll miss him, as he was a connection to my own late father's wartime past. Imagine our mutual surprise when we discovered he knew my father! I still remember vividly the night he came to the house and saw a picture of my Dad standing underneath that B-17, the same one he flew in so many years ago.
I like to think they've met up again and are right now concocting some boyish mischief.
Warmest regards,
Frank X. O'Brien
Dr. James Steinberg
August 14, 2009
Although we only knew each other a few short years, I will never forget our roundtable at Panara with all the boys. There will always be a place for you at that table.
Rest in peace my friend.
brian mahar
August 6, 2009
wonderful working with Sy . we'll all miss him , his sense of humor and WW II stories .
Peter Leyden
August 5, 2009
It was a pleasure to meet and get to know Sy as a fellow volunteer at the AAM. His sense of humor and his self deprecating manner were to me a hallmark of a member of the "Greatest Generation".
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George Lutz
August 5, 2009
Seymour, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand as an inspiration to all of us. Rest in peace.
Donald Guhman
August 5, 2009
A great pleasure to have known you and sad to see the last flight happen. You will always be in our hearts at the museum and your rotten bombing of Gunther will always bring a smile as you smiled at that story.
Al Cavalli
August 5, 2009
My heart felt sympathy for your loss...from a fellow WWll veteran and aerial gunner. There ain't many of us left.
August 5, 2009
Seymour, I will truly miss you. We were
friends from the Cradle and the airpower museum. George Schuchman
Don Dreyer
August 5, 2009
To my friend Seymour,
With rue my heart is laden
For golden friends i had.
You will live in my heart.
Katja Spear
August 5, 2009
I met Seymour a few years ago when we worked together as Opticians. He always had great storys to tell about the war. He was refreshing to have around. His humor kept us always laughing. He will be missed.
August 5, 2009
As a volunteer I will miss Seymour he was a great freind i loved his war stories and history he knew and left i will miss him very much and look up to Rich Bates from the AAM
August 5, 2009
I regret that we never met, but Seymour's life story is a great inspiration. Great men are those who accepted life's challenges and dealt with it to the best of their ability.
Seymour was one of those men
My deep sympathy to the famil,
Bob Sandberg, Lt. Col., USAF (Retired)
Larry Starr
August 5, 2009
As manager of the American Airpower Museum while Seymour was a volunteer, I can say without reservation that he was a gentleman among men and a living asset to our institution. He served his country with valor and in later years he enriched all of our lives.
Together with Guenther Bier he reached out across time and continents to bring people and generations together with a better understanding of history, forgiveness, and ultimately friendship. When Guenter was 11 years old he was a resident of Leipzig Germany, the target of Seymour's last bombing mission. 60 years later the two former enemies climbed aboard a B-17 for one final mission as close friends.
I feel honored to have had him in my life as a colleague and friend.
No more Flak Sy
Blue skies dear friend.
Raul Plaza
August 5, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Brian Tribunella
August 5, 2009
I only knew Seymour for a few years. We talked about three things: his work as an optician, his time in WW2, and his love for his wife. He had a good sense of humor about all those subjects ,and I know he will be missed.
August 5, 2009
Seymour,
Thanks for all you did as a member of the Greatest Generation for the Next Generation. It was a pleasure to know you at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale.
Blue skies and fair winds.
Bill Barto, Bay Shore, NY
Gary Lewi
August 5, 2009
Seymour was not only a driving force at the American Airpower Museum but, with his passing, his ability to educate a new generation of Americans about the courage required to defend freedom remains very much alive for his spirit is woven into the fabric of this institution.
James Smyth
August 5, 2009
To Seymour
We never met but based on what I have heard you took your place in this world and made the best out of it
James Smyth
Howard Richman
August 5, 2009
I recall the evening in November, 1981 when I spoke to Seymour for the first time on the telephone from my dormitory room. I honor and respect him for being companion and husband to my mother for the better part of thirty years. Our relationship was more of mutual friendship than stepfather/stepson.
The fond memories of his life will last the rest of my life.
So long but not goodbye my friend...
Robert T Stiehl
August 4, 2009
My sympathies and condolences go to you and your entire family. I am new to the museum but do I realize that another member of "The Greatest Generation" is gone from us. May he Rest in Peace.
August 4, 2009
I will always remember talking to Seymour at the Museum. He used to tell me stories about the war, and his aircraft, Daddy's Delight. When he moved to Florida, I remember we gave him an embroidered jacket with his aircraft name and squadron on the back. I remember he told me it wasd his favorite jacket.
Godspeed, Sy
Guenter Bier
August 4, 2009
Last Farewell to Seymour. You now ended your very last mission on this earth. It took a terrible war that we finally met 8 years ago after you were above us on 6 April 1945 and went through hell for the 30th time. I always listened to your mission reports and your smile made it a great day. We shall carry on to thell the world about the many sacrifices you made to bring peace in Europe. We shall meet again some day from now and knowing you now found peace yourself from not being well. Auf Wiedersehen! Guenter
August 4, 2009
What can I say about my big brother? I loved him. I didn't realize how much until I erupted into tears on Monday. These family relationships go so deep that only death, like an earth tremor, can remind you.
Gil Cohen
Cindy Paul
August 4, 2009
I will always remember Uncle Seymour as a fun-loving, full of life man. He loved to laugh and he loved to make us laugh.
Rita Cohen
August 4, 2009
I am saddened by Seymour's passing. It seems much too soon.
His former sister-in-law, Rita
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