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To Dad With Love

Still Missed

Dad was proud to have served his country in the US Navy, especially aboard the USS LCI (L) 35. He enjoyed his Navy experience overall, but he especially liked the "romance and adventure" that his travels would bring. Dad often boasted to family and friends of being in places that "geography" classes could only describe. He valued his experience aboard the LCI 35, where he developed friendships and worked closely with his other shipmates in getting the job done -- a job they did very well without receiving or expecting anything in return.

During the war he expressed his fears, hopes, and dreams for the future. Although he was scared at times, like others that saw the horrors of war, he just did his part to protect our freedom, values, and way of life. 

Finally, Dad was also fortunate to marry Blondie, the girl he first met at Kennywood Park and with whom he fell in love before going off to war.


I hope I have honored his memory and accomplished what Dad would have wanted:

"...Do me honor - do but deed, Do proud lineage - do proud the seed..."

Stanley G. Galik ("Dad's" Son)
September 2002
 

WWII Memorial Honoree

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To honor Dad's patriotism and his love of country, the Star Spangled Banner, Pledge of Allegiance, and America are presented below.

    The Star Spangled 

             Banner

The Pledge of

Allegiance

America

Star Spangled Banner - Pledge of Allegience - America

Courtesy of Disabled American Veterans

Stanley Galik Ship's Cook 2C

Stanley Galik, Ship's Cook 2C, LCI 35

US Navy - World War II

 

 

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