title: Daddy's Love Notes: a bit of light for the end of your torch
author: Bashon Mann
description: A native of Wappinger Falls, New York, Bashon Mann is a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy. He attended college at the University of Virginia before leaving school and joining the Navy in 1996. He returned to school in 1999, enrolling at the University of Memphis where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. After graduation from Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Fla, his naval career saw him take part in several major Humanitarian Aid &amp; Disaster Relief efforts across the globe serving aboard Navy hospital ships in response to the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Haitian earthquake. Mann would also go on to serve in the war in Afghanistan in 2011. Mann is currently stationed in Washington D.C., where he lives along with his daughters, Basil and Sabine.
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  _In fond memory of my father Harold Larke_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Cover Page](titlepage.xhtml)
  
  
  [Dedication](002-dedication.html)
  
  
  [Maps](004-map.html)
  
  
  [Part One Fathers, Sons And Daughters](005-part1.html)
  
  
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  [Chapter One](006-chapter1.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](007-chapter2.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](008-chapter3.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](009-chapter4.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](010-chapter5.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](011-chapter6.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](012-chapter7.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](013-chapter8.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Nine](014-chapter9.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Ten](015-chapter10.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Eleven](016-chapter11.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Twelve](017-chapter12.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Thirteen](018-chapter13.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part Two Brothers And Enemies](019-part2.html)
  
  
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  [Chapter Fourteen](020-chapter14.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Fifteen](021-chapter15.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Sixteen](022-chapter16.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Seventeen](023-chapter17.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Eighteen](024-chapter18.html)
  
  
  [Chapter Nineteen](0