Maine Maritime Academy

I was a young Ensign when I lived with my friend, Ensign Beth Anne Mather, and another Ensign, Bill Holland, when we were stationed in Sicily (Sigonella Naval Air Base).

They were in a terrible accident one morning and I was already at the base. The moment it happened I knew something had happened to them, even though logically, there was no way I could know. I raced over to the base infirmary. Beth died that morning and Bill was in a coma for months. I took Beth home to her parents and though I was meant to comfort them, they comforted me, as she was buried in Arlington.