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Jack Weeks's avatar

Hi Geoff,

Good story about your dad. Our fathers were ordinary men who were asked to do extraordinary things, and they did it! (Imagine our current president, you know the one with the bone spurs, stepping up……..not!)

Also, I had a chance to meet Joe Foley when I was applying to med school. My father suggested that I look him up when I was visiting Case Western. He was very welcoming and even took me on grand rounds with his staff, very heady stuff.

I enjoy reading your stories.

All the best,

Jack

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Robin Payes's avatar

This is an amazing story, Geoff. Thank you so much for sharing your "resurrecting" your dad's experiences from history, and the tales of his contemporaries. My father-in-law was a doctor and colonel who served in the Pacific, setting up mash units. He never talked about his war experiences. I wish he were still around so I could share this with him and see what memories it might stir open.

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