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View attachment 205 For Memorial Day working on a project to locate the graves of the fallen in combat at the national cemeteries (who would think that the VA cemetery database would not link to the DOD casuluty database). While searching in of the time / area of Desert Storm saw a fresh grave in this older area, and saw this head stone - with Note at Bottom - RAMBLING WRECK.
Sports link: His early years were dominated by athletics, accruing countless accomplishments, playing football and basketball for Georgia Tech - serving as Captain of the Basketball Team in his junior year. A "Soldier's Soldier," his military career and experiences were nothing short of legendary, spanning almost 32 years, eleven of them on foreign soil. He entered his first foray as a Rifle Platoon Leader with 186 enlisted men and 6 officers, emerging with 38 enlisted men and one officer. He was shot through the lower back, but went AWOL from his hospital in Liege in order to return to his unit.
And he would say THWG
View attachment 205 For Memorial Day working on a project to locate the graves of the fallen in combat at the national cemeteries (who would think that the VA cemetery database would not link to the DOD casuluty database). While searching in of the time / area of Desert Storm saw a fresh grave in this older area, and saw this head stone - with Note at Bottom - RAMBLING WRECK.
Sports link: His early years were dominated by athletics, accruing countless accomplishments, playing football and basketball for Georgia Tech - serving as Captain of the Basketball Team in his junior year. A "Soldier's Soldier," his military career and experiences were nothing short of legendary, spanning almost 32 years, eleven of them on foreign soil. He entered his first foray as a Rifle Platoon Leader with 186 enlisted men and 6 officers, emerging with 38 enlisted men and one officer. He was shot through the lower back, but went AWOL from his hospital in Liege in order to return to his unit.
And he would say THWG
