ENS Foster Simonsen '45, from Davenport, Iowa, in the Lucky Bag: "Three years of living with the mightiest of the "mighty mites" has been three years filled with a vast variety of experiences. The little "wolf" has never done anything halfway, be it sports, "beating the system," or girls. His sincerity, self assurance, and high ideals have made him many friends. Neal's desire to live a completely filled life is destined to carry him to the far corners of the earth. A hunting lodge in Minnesota, an expedition to the mountains of Tibet, or a safari in Africa are all within his range. To the shortest man legally in the Naval Academy, and to a real Navy man, I say "MIZ-PAH.""
Foster graduated with the rest of his class in June 1944; he was killed in action when USS Shubrick (DD 639) was struck by a kamikaze off the coast of Okinawa on May 29, 1945.
He was survived by his wife, Martha.
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