Last Flights

(Robert Bloch, 832nd)

Near sixty years since World War II,
The warriors that much older grew.
Lads then eighteen, with peach-fuzz cheek
Now pause and think before they speak
Of good and true and trusted friends,
Ones who stood tall when life depends.
So many now fall by the way;
Unsung, their deeds of yesterday,
Remembered well by those still here,
Heroes, perhaps, of bygone year.
The sound of Taps, that bugle call,
Is reason not for tears at all.
We all must make that one last flight;
May your flight be smooth, may the flak be light.

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John M. Savarese, Radio Operator (HFDF), 832nd: January 13, 2012

John, age 90, of Westwood, NJ, formerly of New York, NY passed away on Friday, January 13, 2012.

Beloved husband, devoted father and loving grandfather. Pre-deceased by six sisters and three brothers.

While assigned to Station 174, John served served with the High Frequency Direction Finding detachment of the 832nd BS (H). After the war, he was a retired supervisor of textiles with Burlington Industries, New York, NY. Contributions in John's honor can be made to Wounded Warriors, or Ramapo Animal Rescue.

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