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MET EDMON IN 1961 WHEN I FIRST CAME ABOARD USS RANGER. WE
BOTH CAME ABOARD ABOUT THE SAME TIME AND WERE EACH ASSIGNED TO AIR
INTELLIGENCE. EDMON WAS A DRAFTMAN STRIKER. WE BECAME VERY
GOOD FRIENDS AS HE DID WITH ANYONE WHO EVER MET HIM. EDMON WAS MY
SAVIOR WHEN IT CAME TO STANDING DUTY IN PORT AT ALAMEDA. I WAS
MARRIED AND HE WOULD ALWAYS OFFER TO STAND MY DUTY SO I COULD GO HOME AT
NIGHT. EDMON STARTED PAINTING ON SILK WHEN HE WAS ON THE 1961-1962 WESTPAC CRUISE. HE HAD SEEN THE ARTIST ON THE STREET IN YOKOSUKA THAT WOULD TAKE A PHOTO AND PAINT A PICTURE FOR THE SAILORS. HE BECAME INTERESTED IN LEARNING TO DO JUST THAT. EDMON BECAME A GREAT ARTIST AND AFTER HE LEFT THE NAVY HE CONTINUED ON AND OVER THE YEARS PAINTED SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WILD LIFE SCENES I'VE EVER SEEN. EDMON AND I STAYED IN TOUCH AND VISITED EACH OTHER A FEW TIMES AFTER THE NAVY. HE BECAME ILL WITH CANCER AND DIED IN NOVEMBER 1986. HE IS MISSED!!! John R. Guy
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