Summary

Most are wrapped up in hobbies, sports or other extracurricular activities. Other are being groomed for greatness. Jack has breathed through the same set of lungs for over a century. He’s walked upright on a new set of knees almost as long as I have been alive. Over three of those 101 years were spent fighting WW2. The floater (as they call the navy boys) was a hull technician surviving eleven naval battles. Jack forgot more than we will ever know. His life is a testimony that every moment is a gift, and every day another opportunity to serve others. It all began on December 7, 1941, when the USS St. Louis attempted to escape Pearl Harbor in a frenzy—the bombs missed her, but the Japanese subs which lay in wait to cut her down, fired torpedoes directly at her hull…