by David Coffey
I taught all my kids the Ballad of the Green Beret when they were young. Then just before I retired from the Army (2011) we were living in Thailand and we all took a dive trip to the Similan Islands in the Andaman Sea.
It was a magical day already because I had proposed to Sharon that morning and it was neat to see all my kids and her daughter expertly preparing their dive gear on their own on the back of the dive boat with a bunch of other divers from all over the world.
The Ballad of the Green Beret came on over the dive boat speakers. Although others on the boat were familiar with the song, only my kids knew all the words and could sing along as we jumped into one of the best dive sites in the world.
It was a magical day already because I had proposed to Sharon that morning and it was neat to see all my kids and her daughter expertly preparing their dive gear on their own on the back of the dive boat with a bunch of other divers from all over the world.
The Ballad of the Green Beret came on over the dive boat speakers. Although others on the boat were familiar with the song, only my kids knew all the words and could sing along as we jumped into one of the best dive sites in the world.
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