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I wanted to take time today to write about my great uncle Ralph who passed away this morning of congestive heart failure. Ralph was one of those men that you read and see movies about. He was one that made up "the greatest generation", I believe. Ralph was in WWII and highly decorated with the Silver Star, Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Seriously wounded in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII Ralph had some unbelievable stories that we were able to hear on a family reunion trip to San Diego CA a few years ago this July 4th. Not only was he a war hero, he was also a incredible professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he taught and was involved in cancer research. I am deeply saddened that he is gone, but I know that his soul was welcomed by his family, especially his brother, my grandfather, in a place much greater.