Unfortunately, I could not attend the viewing. Keith and I shared many common interests from at Lincoln Junior and later Deering. We were both determined to see the world and learn to fly. We lost track of each other after Deering, but when we connected many years later, we had both accomplished our dreams. We each had traveled extensively all over the World. We each became pilots. Keith flew army helicopters, while I flew a lumbering, noisy Air-Sea Rescue Amphibian, and later on a civilian helicopter. At a USM reunion we found out that we had also both been rsation teachers and had both learned foreign languages. Keith had picked up Japanese, smatterings of Vietnamese and Arabic, and he had taught English. I had taught English as a second language and a variety of foreign languages. It was so interesting when we were able to jabber about the strange parallel paths our lives.had taken. We had quite a conversation about why helicopters and bumble-bees violated all of the basic logic of flight. I noticed that there was no mention of Keith's extensive experience, so I would like to verbally give him the salute I would have done if I could have attended, and to thank him for his service.