Monday, November 1, 2010
I would like to extend my condolences to the Carr family.
Tom and I, and our families, were neighbors in Charlestown during the 1930's and 1940's. He and I also spent five days a week, for three years, taking the 'streetcar' to Malden Catholic Hign School (I was in the Classof 1949).
After high school, the next time I saw Tom was in a train station in Japan (I believe in 1953). I was serving in the Marine Corps as a SSGT with the Marine Air Wing in Korea and had gone to Japan on temporary duty, I think Tom was on R&R from Korea. I walked up to him and saluted - he didn't recognize me immediately and was bewildered by this Marine's behavior in a civilian train station. Needless to say we had a quick reunion before our trains arrived.
Again, my sincere condolences to the family.
Donald O. Lyman
Major, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired)
Don_Lyman_USMC@post.harvard.edu
