Margaret had recovered beyond all expectations.

And he goes, "And you're damn lucky to be alive," and I'm like, "And it's nice to see you, too." [laughs] I mean, that was his nature.

He was very direct, but he was just that way, you know? And I liked that about him.

That summer, Margaret returned to work at the base.

I went on in my career.

I had 24 happy years in the Air Force, continued on and did other things, traveled the world, and I did it because of what he did.