Thank you so much. I am hopeful. Mr. Friend is a wonderful man. I so enjoy talking with him. Were you were also on the SS Tecumseh? If not, which one did you serve on? Thank you Mark for serving our country. The stories I have heard from Mr. Friend and discovered in my search are amazing. Sorry I am so long in responding my mother-in-law is critically ill and has been moved to ICU, we are spending time with her. Respectfully, Anita