CAPT S. M. SHELTON, USM
Commandino Officer
THE
CDR R. L. STRAUB, USN AQAK
Executive Officer ^TJN
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EDITOR a H. T. PARVIS. YNl 055- J nr ^
•• CHAPLAINS
. CORNER
"FATHER, FORGIVE THEM"
To err is human5 to forgive is.
divine, "reads the old adage. Christ’s
forgiveness is always divine, His
charity all encompassing.
There are wars not waged between
countries, or .factions, -but, in our
very midst. Among those who have once
been friends, some ' real or fancied
wrong has disrupt, d a.sacred tie.
The.se persons ‘are now enemies. Even.
in families we find some of the mem
bers. at odds with.the others. Always,
these feuds arise from inconsiderable
causes, .in comparison with Christ’s
wrong and He forgaye!. ’’ " /
in our day, a -little Italian Girl,
Maria uoretti furnishes’’ the example
of this forgiveness, as, on her death
bed, she prayed for her murderer, . .
wishing for him a place-in. heaven, *
won through repentance and amendment.
Among, other.saints there are , many.
examples ox this Christ-like spirit, \
no matter how grievous the wrong has •
been.
On the afternoon September 6,
1901, a public.reception was in. pro-' ’
gress at the Pan-American Exposition
in Buffalo, New York. It was -being
held in honor of a distinguished guest
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and amidst a great throng of his
admirers and well-wishers.
A long line of visitors passed bo*«
fore him. To each he gave his hand, {
with a benign smile and a murmured
greeting* Finally, a young man
approached. But, instead of accepting
the preferred hand, he drew from his
sleeve a revolver and fired two shots
into the figure before him. There
came a dull thud of a body, falling to
the floor, and the horrified screams
of the onlookers.
Only those closest to the wounded
man heard the words he murmured, as
he pointed to the assassin, held by
several men.
"Don’t let them hurt him!" he said. *
A few days .later President William \
McKinley passed from earth.
-■ • Don’-t let us _ hurt any one of our
fellow creatures. Most of all, don’t
let us offend Christ.
•• • By
Father Keefe
OPERATIONS MAN REENLISTS FOR SIX
After serving in,the Regular Army, the
National Guard and the U, S., Air Eorce
and the Navy .you would think that AG1
Joseph H* De Rosia would consider the
U.St Marines or maybe the.Coast Guard.
Not so, says Joe, "The Navy .is- IT and
I intend-to stay.**
Joseph De Ro$ia reenlisted -on .board
the Naval Station on 12 June 1962 for a
period of 6 years. . '
..A veteran of 11 years service he ent
.ered the Navy in 1958 after attending
school and graduating.from the Utilities
Engineering Institute and working for
the American Steel Corporation in Wauk
egan, Illinois following his discharge
from the Air Force in 1954. He served
in the- Army from 1946 to 1949 and with
a National Guard Unit in Michigan in
,1949 and 1950. ,
DeRosia»i9 married and he and his wife,
Patricia, the former Miss Patricia L.
Savinski of Wakefield, Michi'gaft reside
at Quarters E-77 on the Naval Station.
Congratulations, AGl Joseph DeRosia.