-Book of Jonah The once tranquil seas had morphed into a watery
battlefield of savage combat during the bloody days of World War
II (1939-1945). The dark shadow of tyranny was cast over the
lands and oceans of the world by Nazi Germany and the Empire of
Japan as they ruthlessly pursued to dominate the globe by war.
Brutal warfare in the open seas of the Atlantic, Mediterranean,
and Pacific Oceans smashed the fabled serenity of the high seas,
as the United States Navy and the United States Merchant Marine
fleets were plunged into a fight to the death against Germany
and Japan on the surface of the ocean waters. World War II
veteran Cecil E. Brown passed away last year on November 8, 2011
and was laid to rest in a quiet Kenedy cemetery on Veterans Day
three days later. He was buried at 11 p.m. He was buried on
Veterans Day at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
of the year 2011. His family says it was not planned that way at
all, but was rather just the timing of circumstances and fate.
During World