Jeff wrote:
It is with great sadness that I must report the passing of Davis I.
Rawal, a war hero, shipmate, good friend and beloved father-in-law.


Jeff, we'll half-mast the flag at sunset.


Normally I wouldn't burden the group with a personal matter of this
nature, but I had in the past mentioned some of Dave's exploits while
serving in the Merchant Marine in WWII, and some of the folks here
seemed to appreciate them.

As it turns out, Dave started to write down some of his stories and I
was able to recover them from his computer. Here they are, with just a
bit of editing:

http://www.sv-loki.com/Davis/davis.html

Jeff, thanks very much for posting these. I did not see them
before... I just read the story of the "Champions of the
South Pacific" aloud to some friends visiting and they loved
it. It is a good thing that these stories can be passed on,
it's sad that so many men of that "Greatest Generation" are
gone.

Sincerely
Doug King