I'm sorry for the lack of updates today. My dad died this morning.
He was a good man. It's never ceased to amaze me that, as a 17-year-old in 1943, he was serving as a soldier in a trench at Anzio in Italy.
I find it humbling what his generation did - it seems a world away.
Rest in Peace, Dad...
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