She said that she knew that many people had reservations about our being there. She told us this was not confined to the civilian population. She had ...no doubt that some of our soldiers might well wonder at times why they were there also. Nevertheless they did their duty and put their lives on the line in the service of their country and risked not only pain to themselves but also for their families if they were wounded or killed.As a grandmother of two serving soldiers, one of whom had been in. They ate and talked even more and as they left he held her hand. He didn’t know quite where to take her, he wasn’t about to leave her on the street so he took her home. He took out some blankets and made her a wonderful bed on the couch and she lay down, covering herself up. He told her he would just be right upstairs. Shay was getting confused again and she called after him as he started climbing the stairs, ‘Aren’t we going to…you know?’ He looked at her and smiled wearily, ‘I don’t want to. They were returning to Norfolk for weapons and supplies. Those tasks would be completed in four days. The aircraft would be flown to the carriers as they were once more underway. They would be headed for their duty stations in the Indian Ocean and arrive there in ten days. Two down, five to go.The Kennedy had been at Newport News two weeks; hull cleaning was under way. Ship fitters were removing the tons of corrosion preventative on the ships interior. Specialist were verifying all kinds of. It was truly beautiful, edged with flowers, and there was a small waterfall – the height of a man – the poured down into a charming little pond, full of clear water. Gwendolyn pulled the blanket from the basket and settled it on the ground near the edge of the pond. Stepping over to the clear water she looked down and saw that it wasn’t very deep and the bottom of it was covered with sand. ‘It’s a spring,’ Al said from behind her, making her jump a little as he wrapped his arms about her waist.