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Gerry's Gift

by Miles Naismith

My father's funeral was short and to the point, just as he wanted. Captain Jean Pierre Devereux, U.S.N. (Ret.), may have flown helicopters, but he was a sailor in his soul. We sang "Eternal Father, strong to save" and the Navy service for burial at sea was said, despite his interment in the solid earth of the little Episcopal Church in St. Mary's City, next to my mother's grave. And then, clad in my regulation black dress and poker face, I accepted the sympathy of the assembled, taking what comfort I could from the obvious respect shown for my father by men in the uniforms of many services.

Among them, Dondi stood out, wearing a prayer shawl, sidelocks, and black hat. He knew Dad in Viet Nam and Desert Storm, and they were hunting buddies afterward. Dondi got his nickname from a round, guileless face said to resemble some cartoon strip character from before my time. He still looked that way when he took me aside afterwards and we sat in the Rector's office to talk.

"Quite a disguise," I said. "Covert ops? I'd have thought you would have worn your uniform."

"I haven't put on my uniform in several years. Besides, my haircut is ...

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