Originally Posted by onzedge

Hello everyone. It was a tough day today here in Long Beach. We all said good-bye to my Dad at a memorial we held at his church. I was holding it together for the last couple of weeks since his passing, but today -- Geesh. There were about 170 people there which was a tribute to his popularity amongst his friends. When we all sang the Navy Hymn I was getting very choked up, but then when the bugler played Taps, that was it for my composure. He was a great man and will be greatly missed by many.