It was so exciting today to go to the veteran service's office and be shown the picture of the exact ship that Papa was on in Vietnam! It was a small mind sweeper called the USS leader. Papa was the cook on the ship and because it was during the Vietnam war it was the worst time in his life. He remembers the shipmates having to go out and investigate junks which are small Asian ships with a cabin on the top some of the vehicles use them to hide large amounts of explosives. He remembers the sound of them blowing up when found out. Papa always said the only thing that made him happy during this time was singing the first few bars of singing in the rain and Is cooking a steak for himself at midnight.
And as a gift to mom from beyond the grave, because Papa died of Vietnam Veteran and that's ruined and because of what they named on the death certificate that he died of, Oma is able to receive $20000 a year no questions asked.
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