The Gunny and LenoreChapter 52
Father Thomas O'Meara had been asked to officiate at this funeral. He'd asked for, and received the deceased's personnel jacket, and when he'd consulted with the next-of-kin, had been in for some very real surprises. The deceased was born and raised Catholic, but hadn't been inside a church in nearly seventy years, he was told. The redheaded Irish girl named his two awards of the Navy Cross, both in World War Two, and what they were given for. She went on to talk about the Gulf of...