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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

(POW-MIA InterNetwork)

Re: A Cold War Cover

Date: January 11, 2001

"The last time I saw my father was Christmas day 1953 at our duty station at the Whidbey Island, Naval Air base in Washington state. It was a wonderful day. My sister Sarah and I received the traditional toys for our ages. Mine was a three-speed English bicycle which Daddy spent the day teaching me how to ride. The next day his squadron, VP-2, deployed across the Pacific to Iwakuni, Japan.

When school started after the holidays, mother allowed me to ride my new bike to school so that I could return home for lunch. Upon arriving home for lunch there were many strange men and women standing all around in our small apartment. Mother’s eyes were red but our neighbor from across the street, who was the pregnant wife of Daddy’s plane captain, was crying inconsolably. Into the somber atmosphere of the room I walked. Mother told me, "Daddy is missing." Now at the age of eight, one of the uniformed men standing before mother, turned to me and said "you are now the man of the house." I

So begins the story of the Son Of A Navy Man, Charles M. Beasley, in his account of his father's Cold War disappearance and the years of struggle that followed.

Beautifully written, the story of his father, LT Jesse Beasley, is shared for all to read. Please visit A Cold War Cover at- http://3capecod.com/