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[R Leonard]

Jack –

Beebe was a little senior to my father, George Bullard, though, was a USNA classmate ('38) and a great friend of the family, he had BHR at about the same time my father had Ranger. Though Bullard went on to flag rank, I believe he made it the same year as my father, he was shortly thereafter felled by a heart attack. Somewhere around here I’ve the message form received aboard USS Wasp, than my father’s flagship, with the news of Bullard’s death. Dad always suspected Bullard’s long term health prospects were permanently ruined by his sojourn as a guest of the Japanese. One of the great funnies Bullard always brought up when visiting was when shortly after he was repatriated and released for duty my father brought him home for dinner where my mother, not knowing who was coming, just that Dad was bringing classmate along, laid on a meal of chicken and,

you guessed it,

rice.

One of the really good guys.

Rich