LT. ENRIGHT: Mardi Karr of Kirkland, Wash., writes: “I am the
niece of Robert Enright who was killed at the Battle of Midway.
I’ve been in awe of the letters from people who either have known
my uncle personally or know of him and the USS Enright.”

“I recently talked to a gentleman in Gresham, Ore., who was on
the Hammann with my uncle actually knowing him.

“Talk about strange… I’m not sure where to begin about writing
about my family. My mother left Bradford as a young lady after
college in Erie became a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
where she served as a nurse during the war; afterwards marrying my
father Jesse Himelright who was in the USAF (32 years) and moved us
around the globe. Too many stories to be had here.”

THIS, TOO: Barney Snyder of Tucson, Ariz., writes on this
subject: “To read about Lt. Bob Enright kind of jerks on my
patriotic heart strings, but at the same time gives me cause for
confusion. Not because of his heroic acts and obvious strong
character, but because I sometimes hear the mantra – right-wing
mantra – ‘if you aren’t for the war in Iraq, you are not a
patriot.’

“I served in Korea, not during the hard times but I wore the
uniform proudly and, had hostilities resumed, I would have been in
the thick of it. I had it easy.

“Now, when I think of what the men and women in Iraq go through,
I, personally, do not support their being there. I send two
packages a month of ‘goodies’ through the Soldiers Angel program,
so I guess, in my own way, I do support them.

“A serious miscalculation on the difficulty ahead has cost us
dearly. Over 4,000 dead and nearly 30,000 wounded. Forget the cost
to the nation financially now and for years to come caring for our
permanently disabled. It pales in the cost of human suffering.”

AND THIS: John J. Cummiskey of Bradford pens a more personal
note about this war hero: “I remember in the year 1934 that Bob
Enright and his friend ‘Snub’ Bouchard co-owned a green Ford coupe,
and they took great pride in caring for this vehicle – often I
would see it near old St. Bernard School or the firehouse.”