![]() ![]() We are so very proud of seeing his friends, that they are in college, graduating from college, thanking him. He created this book in kindergarten, and it's so special for me. ![]() One minute and twenty eight secondsĪnd very mature for his age. And, uh, we'll see each other again one day. One minute and nineteen secondsĪnd I know you're doing well, wherever you are. Miss you, buddy, but I know this world was not -wasn't really big enough to hold you either. … and all the things that he taught me that I think about on a nearly daily basis. What's powerful to me is I get to celebrate having known him and having been a friend of his … One minute and eight seconds ![]() I know he adored his wife and his two boys. I got a call from a friend of ours, and he told me the bad news and. When I hear that, it reminds me of him and so, because it's, you know, he's the one who gave it to me. Thirty six secondsĪnd I'm not sure exactly where this came from, but he started calling me Sea Bass. His nickname is Bubba and everybody knows him as Bubba. Twenty four two secondsĪnd then I actually served with him when we were platoon leaders together in 1999 and went to Bosnia. Knew each other, you know, from that day forward. He and I were freshmen at Texas A&M together in the corps of cadets and living in the same dorm. Talk about equal parts bold, thoughtful, kind, brave. Video Duration: One minute, thirty-four seconds And that I'm okay! I'm good, and I'm happy. And that it really sucks losing your dad, but I found so much purpose in my life through it. And that he has inspired me in my life so much more than I ever thought he would. Goodness, I would tell him, um, that I miss him. I think that it's my responsibility and my siblings' responsibility to really live that out. I think my dad's legacy is his children and how we live our lives, and, um, by living the same way, on the same principles and morals that he did and living out his same values, I think that, um, shows his legacy. It's been, I've carried it with me, um, throughout my life, which I think is very normal. You know, you don't really process your dad dying, so … Forty seconds At five years old, you don't really process grief. And those are some of my really fond memories. Every night before bed that he was home, he would read to us and then we would read to him. But more than that, he was a really great husband to my mom and a great father to me and my sister and brother. He was great at his job and well-respected. My dad was Lieutenant Commander Frank Wittwer, and he was a fighter pilot in the Navy. I could just chit-chat with anyone, um,and my dad was the same way. And my mom says I'm a lot like my dad in that way because I could talk to a wall. Video Duration: One minute, fifty-three seconds But I don't know if he knew just how proud he made me. He lived life like each day was his last. He's just with … One minute and twenty three seconds His legacy are the lives that he left behind. And because of Gwilym, and because Gwilym kept saying "you can do it, you can go back to school, you can do it! I know you can." He went back to school. And he told me the story about how Gwilym was the only one who believed in him. I remember hearing after he died, one of his soldiers came home and he wanted to meet with me. I don't think he understood or even knew… Forty three seconds His soldiers, his men, they were his brothers and they were his adopted family. It didn't have to be his biological family, or his blood family. He was a goofy, fun-loving - never took anything seriously. I am the widow of First Lieutenant Gwilym J. Video Duration: One minute, forty-eight seconds The licenses granted herein survive your participation in the USAA Memorial Day campaign. You further agree to engage in best efforts to assist USAA in obtaining further releases or licenses such that USAA may fully enjoy the use of such UGC. #Types of remembrance poppy license#You represent and warrant that such UGC is your creation or work, or that you have a license or right to such UGC and that you have the ability to convey the rights above to USAA. However, by submitting such UGC to you hereby grant to USAA a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable, irrevocable right to such UGC for any purpose. #Types of remembrance poppy full#By submitting UGC to you represent and warrant that such UGC is your work and you have full rights and title to it. USAA acknowledges that you retain full right and title to such UGC, subject to the licenses provided here. When submitting your stories to you may, at times, provide images, video, audio, or text to the USAA Memorial Day campaign ('UGC'). ![]()
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