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Leftwich (DD 984) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1984

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Page 99 text:

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MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD ONBOARD USS LEFTWICH (DD-984)ON 20 AUGUST 1984 EULOGY FOR: LT. GLENN MILLER AND LTJG MARK COOPER SHOCK. GRIEF. AND DISBELIEF.! A PROFOUND SENSE OF LOSS GRIP US ALL THIS MORNING. MANY ASK. WHY? OTHERS WONDER WHY THEM? WHY NOW? THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS. IN WAR DEATH IS EXPECTED. BUT IN PEACETIME? THEIRS ISA RIGOROUS AND DEMANDING PROFESSION. NAVAL AVIATION INVOLVES RISK AND DANGER WE KNOW THAT SOMEHOW IT IS ALWAYS ANOTHER SHIP. ANOTHER HEI.O DET. DEATH DOES NOT KEEP ITS DISTANCE. IN THE WORDS OF THE PREACHER. IN THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES; AGAIN I SAW THAT UNDER THE SUN. THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT. NOT THE BATTLE TO THE STRONG. NOR BREAD TO THE WISE. NOR RICHES TO THE INTELLIGENT. NOR FAVOR TO THE MEN OFSKILL; BUT TIME ANDCHANCE HAPPEN TO THEM ALL FOR MAN DOES NOT KNOW HIS TIME. LIKE FISH WHICH ARE TAKEN IN AN EVIL NET, AND LIKE BIRDS WHICH ARE CAUGHT IN A SNARE. SO THE SONS OF MEN ARE SNARED AT EVIL TIME. WHEN IT SUDDENLY FALLS UPON THEM. ECCLESIASTES 9:11-12 THIS TIME IT HAPPENED TO 1.T, MILLER; LTJG COOPER; ON OUR SHIP. TO OUR HELO DET. THEIR DEATHS ARE THEN A PERSONAL MATTER. THEY WERE NOT STRANGERS. BUT ONE OF US. WE WORKED WITH THEM. ATE WITH THEM. TALKED. LAUGHED AND LIVED WITH THEM. WE KNEW THEM BY MORE THEN NAME. THEY WERE ONE OF US. NOW THEY AREGONE IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. HOW INTENSE WAS THAT TIME? ALL TURNED TO. ALL OUR TRAINING. TIME. AND TALENT. INSTINCT AND ENERGY WAS NOT IN VAIN. YOU DID YOUR BEST. AW2 MONTGOMERY STANDS IN OUR MIDST THIS MORNING; A WITNESS TO YOUR WORK. HIS WILL AND GODS GRACE. I KNEW LT. MILLER AND LTJG COOPER BUT A MATTER OI MONTHS. YET. I WAS IMPRESSED BY THEIR DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM. EACH BORE A MATURITY BEYOND THEIR YEARS. AS THEY HAD EARNED THEIR WINGS. SO THEY ALSO EARNED THE RESPECT AND AFFECTION OF OFFICERS AND CREW A LIKE. LT. MILLER IMPRESSED ME AS A QUIET. THOUGHTFUL. DEDICATION AND DELIBERATE OFFICER, WHOSE SHY SMILE WOULD LIGHT UP HIS FACE. SURELY. HIS FATHER CAN BE PROUD TO HAVE HAD SUCH A SON. LTJG COOPER WAS PROUD TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY. HE HOPED FOR A LONG AND LOYAL CAREER IN THE NAVAL SERVICE. BEHIND HIS SELF ASSURANCE AND APPARENT BRAVADO. WAS A SENSITIVE AND SERIOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO CARED DEEPLY ABOUT THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM HE WORKED. AND THE PROFESSION HE HAD CHOSEN. YOU WHO KNEW THEM BEST. THEIR FELLOW OFFICERS AND CREW. CAN RECALL FAR BETTER THAN I. THE MEASURE OF THESE MEN. WHAT THEN SHALL BE THEIR LEGACY TO US? IN THE FACE OF DEATH. LIFE TAKES ON A SUDDEN URGENCY AND INTENSITY. HOW EASY IT IS TO TAKE THE ATTITUDE OF JUST THEY ALL FIND THE COURAGE FOR THE FACING OF THESE DAYS. MAY THE PEACE AND COMFORT OF GOD BE WITH THEM ALL. HEAR NOW THESE WORDS FROM PAULS LETTER TO THE ROMANS IN THE EIGHTH CHAPTER; WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE l.OVE OF CHRIST? SHALL TRIBULATION OR DISTRESS. OR PERSECUTION. OR FAMINE. OR NAKEDNESS. OR PERIL. OR SWORDS? NO, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US. FOR I'M SURE THAT NEITHER DEATH. NOR LIFE. NOR ANGELS. NOR PRINCIPALITIES. NOR THINGS PRESENT. NOR THINGS TO COME. NOR POWERS. NOR HEIGHT. NOR DEPTH. NOR ANTYHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION. WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. ROMANS 8 AMEN 95

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Cruisebook Committee LT Norman ENS Asmus FTG2 Boldig RMSN Brown 6T3 Denyko PN3 Eliason HT3 Knight DS3 Lccroy GSM2 Rattle TM3 Swanson BMSN Vinson EN3 Woods

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