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Welcome to the world! You are a very important part of the ARGONAUT Family here at VFA 147 and we are so glad that you have joined us. Your father Brady is a very valuable part of our command. I know that by the time you are able to read this your father will have completed his tour with us and may not be in the Naval Service any more. I want you to know what an important contribution your father has made to our great country. It is people like your father who made sacrifices so that you could inherit a proud and free nation. I hope that you will always be proud of him and his participation in our Naval

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