One of my best buddies at work lost his father in law, Col. Charlie Hastings, this past month. Col. Hastings was on the ground at the right hand of the commander in the famous Viet Nam battle of the Ia Drang valley, depicted in the movie "We Were Soldiers Then", and was probably the only Air Force guy on the ground in that battle. He is depicted in the film and offered technical assistance to the producers by request of the DOD.
At any rate, none of that matters now that he's graduated to Glory but his service was very nice and I was proud to attend in Tucson last week. This short film has some nice pictures and a missing man fly by and I have to tell you, the missing man gets to me every time.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mu7imllc7nhcrlj
It's a large file so you'll need to have high speed internet, but if you can wait for the download I suspect many of you would enjoy it.
Best,
Oly
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A tribute
Cheers,
Oly
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That fires we don't put out will bigger burn
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Oly
I hope and pray someday the world will learn
That fires we don't put out will bigger burn
Johnny Wright
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kimwcook
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I salute him for his service. I couldn't imagine being in a battle like that. I'd have a permanent stain on the inside of my legs.
Old Law Dawg
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Hear, hear !
BTW - There were other USAF personell stationed @ DaNang at that time.................. They were aircraft mechanics cross-trained in 1965 to bombs/armaments in the SW & sent on to DaNang.
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BTW - There were other USAF personell stationed @ DaNang at that time.................. They were aircraft mechanics cross-trained in 1965 to bombs/armaments in the SW & sent on to DaNang.
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May he rest in peace.
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Rafe Covington
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I salute his service to our country, he will be welcomed by alot of old soldiers.
Rafe
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Re: A tribute
game keeper wrote:May he rest in peace.
+1
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Yepper.madman4570 wrote:game keeper wrote:May he rest in peace.
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Re: A tribute
Godspeed!
Re: A tribute
Farewell to a hero.