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When you order two cakes with “the same message.”

He was a gunner, manning the 127mm secondary guns on the BB-34 which had the distinction of firing the most munitions during the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima. He was also onboard when a kamikaze struck the catapult and destroyed the scout plane but didn’t cause significant damage.

He was the coolest, gentlest soul who went on to befriend every person he ever met, much to the chagrin of every impatient grandchild using the restroom at a gas station during our road trips. The world lost a friend today. RIP Bob.