5 February 1944
17 October 1969
B.A., 1966
This is a boy who
grew up hearing
Nelson's semaphore
from Trafalgar,
year after year of
a brief life end-
ing in the Navy;
who found a place
where duty follow-
ed other expecta-
tions, and taught
himself and me a
better language.
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