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He Promised Me He Wouldn’t Do Anything Heroic

By Ned Forney
Robert Reem and Donna Zemmerli's wedding at the US Naval Academy Chapel 1949

On April 9, 1949, 2nd Lieutenant Robert “Bob” Reem and Donna Zimmerli, both 24, were married at the US Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland. Bob, a prior enlisted Marine and graduate of the Naval Academy, and Donna, the daughter of a US Navy Captain and an alumna of the University of North Carolina, had…

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