On the recordDecember 7, 2023
Silence your heart and look into the eyes of this young American. Tomorrow he would have been 101 years old. On December 8, 1941, for his 19th birthday, he got World War II. Like millions of other young men across the country, when the attack on Pearl Harbor was announced the following day after that fateful morning on December 7, this young man stood up, went and joined the Navy. The Navy sent him to flight school. He served his country as a pilot in World War II. He died many years later as I held his hand. This man is my father, George Joseph Higgins. Happy birthday, Dad. ____________________
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