I think this said it all.
"Alan,
Please post a thank you to everyone that had emailed me and posted on the boards.
The send off was Classic, The Honor Guard came in, Presented the Flag, then the 21 rounds volley and played taps.
It was the perfect send off for Dad, a hero in my eyes always and to the nation. Now watching Saving Private Ryan will have a completely different take in my heart. I have pictures of Dad at the 50th Anniversary at Normandy as well as pictures he gathered throughout the war.
I will miss his stories, some funny and some sad. He wouldn't talk to anyone else in the family about them but me. I guess maybe, because I had similar times with Vietnam.
You friend and comrade always
Mark"
Thank you to all .
Alan aka Glint