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Living the Can-Do Life

an Do. Two simple words forged into an iron-clad promise. Or a credo. Can do. My dad, William McNessor Jr. — known by all as Bud or Buddy — lived by that credo. Can Do is a motto of the U.S. Navy Construction Battalions, better known as the Seabees, where my dad learned the can-do skills that he honed and made a living with for the rest of his life. My dad died in June at 83

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