December 7, 2021
Cain stared at the wall.
1,177 Names...
Black Writing on White Marble...
Yet one stood out.
James Hutchinson.
His Late Father's Best friend.
Cain was seventy-four.
His hearing still superb...
But deaf to those around him.
And as a shaking hand was raised, a tear slid from his eye as he saluted the brave men and women lost that day...
Eighty Years Ago.
"Oh Hear Us When We Cry to Thee, For Those in Peril On the Sea."
1941-2021