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THINKING OF YOU DAD, MY HERO
********* THINKING OF YOU DAD, MY HERO *********
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****************** LEVY " BLACKIE" AGUILARD ******************
******************* JULY 26,1925 - FEBUARY 8, 1998 ************
I LOST MY DAD TO BRAIN CANCER AT THE AGE OF 72 . HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN JULY 1997 AND I LOST HIM FEB 8,1998, TOO FAST TOO SOON. I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE TIME WE HAD AND THE WORDS WE SPOKE TILL GOD TOOK HIM . THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO MY DAD. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED.
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                               "HE ONLY PICKS THE BEST"
                                MANY TIMES I MISSED YOU,
                                A MILLION TIMES I CRIED.
                                IF LOVE COULD HAVE SAVED YOU,
                                YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE DIED.
                                IT BROKE MY HEARTS TO LOSE YOU,
                                BUT, YOU DID NOT GO ALONE.
                                FOR A PART OF ME WENT WITH YOU,
                                THE DAY GOD CALLED YOU HOME.
                                I DID NOT SEE YOU SUFFER,
                                THERE WAS NO CURE TO BE.
                                HE CLOSED HIS ARMS AROUND YOU,
                                AND WHISPERED COME HOME TO ME.
                                FOR ALL THAT YOU WENT THROUGH,
                                HE SAW YOU NEEDED REST.
                                GODS GARDEN MUST BE BEAUTIFUL,
                                FOR HE ONLY PICKS THE BEST!
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*********************** MY DADS WAR TIME***********************
******1ST BATTALION CO D 17TH REGIMENT 7TH DIVISION***
MY DAD WAS LEVY S. AGUILARD 38 499 259 OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. HE SERVED OVERSEAS FROM MAY 29,1944-JAN 17,1946 (PHILIPPINES - RYUKYUS). FROM WHAT I LEARNED HE TRAINED AT CAMP WOLTERS, PALACIOS TEXAS AND FORT ORD IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS DISCHARGED JANUARY 26, 1946 FROM CAMP FANNIN, TEXAS. MY DAD RARLY SPOKE TO US ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE WAR. I SENT, RECEIVED AND PLACE MY DADS BRONZE MILITARY MARKER. HE LAYS TO REST IN THE GARDEN OF HONOR IN AVONDALE, LOUISIANA. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE MEDALS I WAS SO PROUD TO RECEIVE LAST YEAR FROM MY LOCAL CONGRESSMAN JOHNNY ISAKSON FEB 21,2002. THE MEDALS MY DAD RECEIVED FOR HIS BRAVERY AND DEDICATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE FOLLOWED............PRESTIGIOUS BRONZE STAR, PURPLE HEART (WOUNDED JUNE 16, 1945) GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC- PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE STARS, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH 1 BRONZE STAR, WW2 VICTORY MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE AND HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON WW2. I AM PROUD TO BE HIS DAUGHTER, HE IS TRUELY MY HERO.   (MY DAD.)
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