Originally posted by tatsxxx11
Thank you so much for that clarification, jscperson! I certianly meant no disrespect; to the contrary, I admire him greatly! Interesting that so many websites and the "vernacular," continue to refer to him as Teddy! My apologies to Alice and to the President!

What a great experience and honor that must have been for you, serving on the USS Theordore Roosevelt!
I'm sorry, I did not mean it to be taken as a correction of what you wrote.

That is a personal choice I still make. Walking the passageways of that great ship and realizing what it represents was a tremendous honor. Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about some aspect of my career in the Navy, including Desert Storm. My office on the TR had a poster with the words of John F. Kennedy:

Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile -- can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction. "I served in the United States Navy"