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It takes guts to be a fighter pilot. It also takes guts to get so personal that you choose to share private family communication with the rest of the world.
Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, founder of the Owasso-based Folds of Honor Foundation, got personal in his new book, âFly Into the Wind.â
In the book, Rooney includes a copy of a letter he once wrote to his wife, Jacqy. The letter was to be given to Jacqy in the event that he did not return from a combat deployment.
Hereâs an excerpt:
âPlease donât let the girls forget their dad, and teach them about me as they get older. Keep the legend alive of the Roller-Coaster Man, Freeze Monster and the Wolf,â Rooney wrote, referring to characters he portrayed while playing games with his daughters.