Their medals are only symbols of readiness to defend the U.S. Their stories of serving in Armed Forces, in war and peace, are precious.
The Burbank fire captain stood in the shade under an old elm tree watching members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association arrive at the cemetery to say goodbye to another one of their own, Bill Aupperlee.
Kind of lonesome. When you’ve spent some of the proudest years of your life with the men you’re now burying — when you’re watching your wife console another widow, wondering when someone will be consoling her — yes, it gets kind of lonesome losing old friends. This one was different. As his men helped lift the apologetic, embarrassed old man off the floor and put him into bed, Sheffield noticed something on a side table that sent a chill down his spine.
The younger guys in his crew were quiet as they returned to the station house that night, Sheffield said. They had some thinking to do. This man who had fallen was so much more than just an old guy needing their help. I’ve seen those old Pearl Harbor guys bring a crowded restaurant to a quiet hush as they walked in with their wives, oh so slowly, with their canes and walkers — proudly wearing their Pearl Harbor Survivor caps.
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