Manuel Garlikov - a family friend

Birth:	Apr. 21, 1922
Death:	Jul. 20, 2007
Manuel Garlikov GARLIKOV, Manuel L. age 85, of Monroe, passed away Friday, July 20, 2007 at the Mount Pleasant Retirement Village.  Published in Dayton Daily News on July 22, 2007

What is this post all about.Well Manuel was a friend of my brothers, they graduated from Steele High School in Dayton, Ohio in 1939. He was a family friend. When Manual got married, my Dad was their Doctor and brought their children into this world. My brother was a good student. One family saying I have heard all of my life, uttered by his  Mother, "Manuel, vhy dont u be schmart like Dean." The were Jewish, and she spoke that way.

We had our home and medical office together, same house. Nothing in writing, but some friends, relatives, when coming to see the "Doctor" ... could wait in our living room rather than his waiting room. Roslyn, Manuel, and family, were on that list. A rather exclusive list, at that.

Manuel and his family were involved in many things. We got a basket of fruit every year, I think up till my Dad passed away. I think Manuel came up for my Mom's funeral, not sure about Dad's. When my Brother passed away in Arizona, I tried to locate his old friends. All, or most had passed, except Manual. He got on a plane and flew to AZ. I just found this today. One odd thing, he was living where our Son Brad is living today, Monroe, NC. Just found that odd, and worth a mention.

My first taste of racism occurred, I am thinking in Atlanta. We were on family trip somewhere, and we needed to check in to a hotel. My Dad, the Doctor, had black hair and dark eyes. Wherever we were, and I was little, but I remember ... whispering ... outrage .... they would not let us have a room until Dad proved that he was not Jewish. I remember the conflict in my mind about that, because of the Garlikov's and other Jewish friends we had ...  we got a taste of Antisemitism, and we weren't even Jewish. I have never forgotten that incident, how I felt, and have always kept that in mind in my relationships with all people.

He was a close and dedicated family friend, well worth a posting here .................. and, related to an incident that had a great impact on my life ........

Memorial Day - To Me

Another Memorial Day is approaching. Does not seem like it was that long ago that I wrote  my annual blog. My Grandfather, Caleb Dooley, was in the Civil War. He was in an Indiana Regiment, and was mustered out of the Army somewhere in Texas.

Ralph Dean Dooley, my Father was in WWI. He was involved in may campaigns in Germany. He was  too young to enlist, but somehow manged to do it. He tells of looking back, as the train pulls out, of seeing his aging father, gazing at him, Caleb, knowing of the horrors of war,going off to serve his country. My Dad  tells of getting a break from his duties in a bunker, and going "topside" for a smoke. Some of his friends were playing poker on an ammunition box, and invited him to sit in. Instead, he walked off a way to spend some time in thought. A German shell dropped in the center off the box, killing all of those who were playing. His guardian angel was again looking out for him.

My Brother, Dean Shannon Dooley was in WWII, in the Submarine Service. After he graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, he went through a V-12 Program at Great Lakes and received his commission. He went through submarine training, and was assigned to the S-11. On one occasion, he was coming home on leave. We were anxiously awaiting the time to go pick him up, and we received a telegram. LOST ISWAS STOP BE HOME SATURDAY NIGHT STOP DEAN STOP  We were concerned that he had lost his mind. Turned out an ISWAS was some sort of a device used on subs. IS here, WAS there.

I was in the Korean War, two years in San Diego in the Discipline Office, discharging the "bad boys" in the Eleventh Naval District. Did that for two years and then spent two years about the USS William Mitchell TAP114.

My Son Dean served during Viet Nam and my youngest Son Brad, was in Desert Storm, both in the Navy. Brad was in a Stinger Missile detachment aboard the USS Elrod.

We have done our share. I hope that my Grandchildren and their children never have to go through another war.

Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed annually in the United States on the last Monday of May.

Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War.

 By the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died in all wars.

Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

 As a marker it typically marks the start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end.