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USS Midway aircraft carrier fulfills dying veteran's wish | UTSanDiego.com

When 85-year-old Bob Mountz arrived at the USS Midway Museum on Tuesday, his heart, he said, fluttered up toward his throat. The former Navy hospital corpsman served aboard the Midway for two years in the mid-1950s, toward the end of the Korean War. He hadn’t seen the aircraft carrier since. So it was, you might…

When 85-year-old Bob Mountz arrived at the USS Midway Museum on Tuesday, his heart, he said, fluttered up toward his throat.

The former Navy hospital corpsman served aboard the Midway for two years in the mid-1950s, toward the end of the Korean War. He hadn’t seen the aircraft carrier since.

So it was, you might say, the wish of a lifetime to see the old ship again.

Mountz, from Fort Wayne, Ind., is dying of lung cancer.

His daughter nominated him to be sponsored by a charity that grants the final wishes of older people. The Denver-based group Wish of A Lifetime covered Mountz’s travel and hotel expenses in San Diego this week.

via USS Midway aircraft carrier fulfills dying veteran’s wish | UTSanDiego.com.

Seriously, the Midway Museum is absolutely the best run ship museum I’ve ever seen. The quality of the display, and the staff and docents are light years ahead of any other museum ship. You should plan a trip to San Diego just to take the tour. But be prepared to spend all day.

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  1. Quartermaster

    I only got to spend 3 hours aboard as I had the demands of a conference I was attending. It is worth the visit, however. I have been on one other museum ship, the Battleship Texas, and Midway is far above Texas.

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  2. ultimaratioregis

    You CAN go home again, sometimes. BZ to Midway and her superb staff of docents.

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