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Show , Letter Box . . . ' ! . "sJGrant Noble, who was a buddy of Theo Que Jensen writes to Mrs. Ruth Steele:-Dear Steele:-Dear Ruth and Family, I do hope that I can find the words to express the great Friendship, Friend-ship, love and feeling of comradi-rie comradi-rie and the great loss of my buddy and pal, Theo Que Jensen, and to try and express my sympathy, to console and inform you of him and our recent and most enjoyable association, spent together in the Service of our Beloved Country aboard the Old Battleship "Oklahoma" "Okla-homa" of which we often expressed ourselves about giving all our time and best efforts, giving our all if necessary to preserve and protect pro-tect Our Democracy and the many loved one's at home that we voluntarily vol-untarily elected to leave, and give everything else up, that we loved and enjoyed most. Even through all the hardship and work, no fun or recreation we were willing and always happy, and told each other that if the supreme su-preme test ever came we would be found doing our best, for the one's at home, whom we love and cherished. cher-ished. And now that he has paid already al-ready to the fullest extent, that of dying as gloriously and heroically as anyone in History ever did, You can feel happy and very proud that he never shirked his duty and had stayed at his battle station and radio key till the very last. And in all the time I knew him he was such a great help and inspiration in-spiration to me, I know beyond any question of a doubt that his great reward in Heaven is sure, and that he influenced myself and others by his clean upright living, and his devotion de-votion to duty, never at any time refused to do any and all the many things asked of him to do. He was a man, a great young man in every sense of the word, so you can feel as I told you once before, that you can feel justly proud of Theo. I expect, and am ready when called to do my very best to avenge his death and to die as gloriously as he did, I hope I can face the enemy as bravely as he did, and when my time comes to face my maker, that I can have said to me, as he surely' will "Well done My good and faithful servant, rest Ye in peace," then he and I can continue con-tinue on together as before we were untimely separated, where there is peace, joy, and happiness always and no more wars, hardships, hard-ships, greed, heartaches and strife. I hope you will feel that his great sacrifice was not in vain, and who knows, it may have been for the best, I think it was the Lords m will that he called Theo at this time, Put your trust in our Heavenly Heav-enly Father, as he Giveth and taketh away, and he wouldn't of taken him if it were not for his own good. I remain sincerely your friend and one of Theo's closest friends and buddy, Grant. (Editor's Note: Theo lost his life on the battleship Oklahoma on the morning of Pearl Harbor.) |