Two  Stories BOTH TRUE - and you won't believe how they're related! STORY NUMBER ONE             Many  years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone  wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from  bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder. Capone had a  lawyer nicknamed "Easy Eddie." He was Capone's lawyer  for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's  skill at legal manoeuvring kept Big Al out of jail for a  long time.   To show his  appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was  the money big, but Eddie got special dividends, as well.  For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in  mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of   the day. The estate was so large that it filled an  entire Chicago City block. Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and  gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on  around him.     Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a  son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his  young son  had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was  withheld.  Price was no object. And, despite his involvement with  organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right  from wrong.  Eddie wanted his son to be a better  man than he was.   Yet,  with all his  wealth and influence, there were two  things he couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on a  good name or a good example. One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision.  Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had  done.   He decided he  would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al  "Scarface" Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and  offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this,  he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew  that the cost would be great. But, he  testified.  Within the  year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street . But in his eyes, he  had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at  the greatest price he could ever pay. Police removed from  his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine.   The poem read:    "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man  has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour.  Now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will. Place no faith in time.  For the clock may soon be  still."   STORY NUMBER   TWO World War II produced many heroes. One such man  was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare.   He was a fighter pilot assigned to  the aircraft carrier Lexington in the South  Pacific.   One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was  airborne, he  looked at his fuel gauge and realized that someone had forgotten to top off his fuel  tank. He would not  have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship. His  flight leader told him to return to the carrier.  Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back  to the fleet. As he  was returning to the mother ship, he saw something that  turned his blood cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft  was speeding its way toward the American  fleet. The American  fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all  but defenceless. He couldn't reach his squadron and  bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he  warn the fleet of the approaching danger. There was only  one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet.   Laying  aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dived into the  formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 calibre’s blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy  plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible  until all his ammunition was finally  spent. Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at  the planes, trying to  clip a wing or tail in hopes  of damaging as many enemy planes as possible, rendering  them unfit to fly.   Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took  off in another  direction.   Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his  tattered fighter limped back to the  carrier  Upon arrival,  he reported in and related the event surrounding his  return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his  plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's  daring attempt to protect his fleet.  He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy  aircraft.       This took place on February 20, 1942 , and for that  action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and  the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal  of Honor.   A year later  Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His  home town would  not allow the memory of this WW II  hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is  named in tribute to the courage of this great  man.   So, the next time  you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some  thought to visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's located between  Terminals 1 and 2. SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO  WITH EACH OTHER?  Butch O'Hare was "Easy Eddie's"  son.
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