Letter to President Bush from 84-year old WWII combat fighter veteran Joseph LeBlanc offering his condolences to President Bush’s loss of his mother and gives him best wishes for his retirement

43 DWB. mr President: nov. girt 1992 Dear sir: at this time you and I can share the sourows of a loss, my 45year old brother past away a month ago, doing what he liked hest; fishing Healso lad a stroke two years ago and did Scah completely recover from it. your dear and loving Smother went the same way. Both your family and suive have been Plessed with Lads most presious gift: The fift of Life" your mother 91. my late father 93. my two brothers 75, and on July 9th/993 I will he S4. I pray and hope that the same Good Lard will give you and of and the streng th to bear the burden of of am loss you and I have much in common Iseroed three years on active duty with sight fighter squadion VF911 during world was 110 and five years with the some squadmn in the active KareanWar. naval air reserve during and after the I lape and pray that y an will enjoy y our retirement as smuch as I have Snine for the past saibhoal fr the pash 21 years, I have sailedand twentytiooyears I have lined in a small 24r fished year round and still do, Good luck and good health to your rusfamily Sincerely IssephR LeBlane P.OBot 14415iP.CA90733 P.S. have lived the betterside of my life according to a famous old phrase by a Crilliant scholar, my friend, my pastor and my teacher as fallows: a lat does it profit man, if Le should gain the whole world, and then suffer the loss of his won soul" With Sympathy In the Loss of your Mother AMERICAN GREETINGS + 708628 + 0 183761 0 + 1655 789 - 9K + © AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP MADE IN U.S.A Thinking of you in your sorrows The light of her love, And wishing the tenderness of her caring, the warmth of her presence that words could impart brightened the lives of those who called her "Mother." The thoughts of warm understanding And sympathy deep in the heart. Sincerely Joseph RiBlane