This slideshow is a tribute to my Mom, Myra June Mouser. She was born Myra June Hooker, on May 31,1924, on a little farm just outside of Prescott Arkansas. Her Father, James Audie Hooker was killed by a neighbor in a dispute, in 1927, when she was just 3 years old. Her Mother Clara died of a Heart Attack in Dec 1976, while I was at sea, in the North Atlantic on a Submarine. I was wondering why I only got 4 family grams from my wife that patrol, when we could recieve 5. The XO called me into his stateroom after we got back to Scotland, he had my missing Family Gram, and he told me my Grandmother had died almost two months previous. I threw a HUGE Mouser fit, and probably deserved a court martial, but the XO was such a nice guy, on a Submarine we are all family. He let me rant and rave. I cried and I cussed that poor man up one side and down the other. I was only 19, and as I look back on it, I'm glad they witheld this news from me. I now wish I hadn't thrown such a fit, but Mr Pestorius never held it against me. I know he sensed my need to vent my frustration. He recommended me for the overhaul crew. Mr Pestorius, I now realize you were just looking out for me. You were one of the best Commanders I ever knew, and one of the best men I ever met, wherever you are, I'm sorry. And thanks for not sending me to prison, because my reaction that day probably warranted it. You sparked my interest in higher education/physics wich led me to where I am today. In November of 1943 Mom ...