Sabra & Bob

General Robert Kennedy has written a story of love and family relationships before, during, and after his time as a River Rat in Vietnam.  A true war hero, North American F-86 Sabre Jet in Korea and F-105 Thunderchief  in the Vietnam War.  General Kennedy gentle approach to family and valued memories, talks of how he came to ware a silver Saint Christopher Medal on all of his combat missions during his career.In this tender love story, Bob talks of being raised by a single mother in a...
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General Robert Kennedy has written a story of love and family relationships before, during, and after his time as a River Rat in Vietnam.  A true war hero, North American F-86 Sabre Jet in Korea and F-105 Thunderchief  in the Vietnam War.  General Kennedy gentle approach to family and valued memories, talks of how he came to ware a silver Saint Christopher Medal on all of his combat missions during his career.In this tender love story, Bob talks of being raised by a single mother in a loving family in the West End of St. Louis,  working by age eleven at neighborhood stores as a delivery boy, soda jerk, and theater usher. During summers in high school he worked as a railroad laborer (gandy dancer) in the northern peninsula in Michigan and as a seal blubberer for the Fouke Fur Company for three summers in the Pribilof Islands Alaska.  Bob entered active duty as a Midshipman in 1949 at Pensacola NAS Florida where the real love story begins after meeting his bride-to-be Mary Sabra Sanchez.His astonishing career, multiple awards for valor and distinguished service, are only amplified by his love of family, life and his beautiful wife Sabra and there loving family.