Title: James M. Brayshaw Jr. Memorial
Original CoS Document (slug): james-m-brayshaw-jr-memorial
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Created: 2019-09-27 14:24:06
Updated: 2019-10-04 23:00:00
Published: 2019-09-27 03:00:00
Converted: 2025-04-14T20:25:08.162306095
It is my honor to present to you the memory of my favorite American patriot and veteran. My Father; Commander James M. Brayshaw Jr.
My father’s proudest achievement was being an aviator for the United States Navy…He loved to fly…He flew many planes in the service of his country and flew for pleasure after that, to which I was a very willing partner. I always felt safe with my father, and in fact recently came across his Navy flight log 1949-52 in which his commanding officer had recorded “no incidents” during all carrier landings, confirming what I had heard about him. That he could land on a postage stamp.
My father was extremely proud to be an American and always discussed what it meant and the duties that accompanied the honor. So intentional was his appreciation for his country that when writing notes on his life for his own obituary, he had written his name and identity as “An American from 18 June 1928 to _________ and had left it blank. We can now say that he was an American from 18 June 1928 to 10 December 2018. He passed in Orange County CA having lived in Pasadena CA for 62 years and raised in Weymouth MA.
Dad was a retired Naval Commanding Officer; Naval Aviator and Naval Flight Instructor, serving The Korean War, The Cold War, and Commanding Officer of the Air Weapons Group. He was a Civil Air Patrol Officer; He was a graduate of Mass. Institute of Technology and an Aerospace Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory CA 1957-1989 where his projects included The Explorer, The Mariner’s , Pioneer, Voyager, Viking, Magellan, and Galileo ); After retirement he attended UCLA and received a teaching credential for the purpose of educating new citizens in English and the American way. He LOVED Barbershop Quartet Singing and playing rag time piano Jazz. He loved Bing Cosby the most and his memory of the greatest songs ever written was like an encyclopedia.
As a dedicated and proud American Dad inspired many with his intellectual understanding of what would be needed to right our ship of state. He always encouraged reading, debate, and written history. He was a tough as nails honest man. He served on many political campaigns in his lifetime and was especially proud of Rush Limbaugh for helping to usher in truth, reason, and American patriot Donald Trump. Dad was very proud of his education in Weymouth Mass and mind you, those were the days prior to John Dewey and the establishment of the US Dept of Ed.
Seeing the big picture and need to right our American ship, Dad entrusted the Convention of States Action to educate on the Constitutional action necessary.
On his commemorative wall and to inspire current or inspiring members of the US Military, Cmdr. James added shortly before his passing that “protection of country is a citizen’s duty”.
Proud and lovingly written by his daughter,
Ardyce May Brayshaw Kehiayan