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Victor_c3

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7. One of my favorites too

Reply to DashOneBravo (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 07:26 PM

Apr 2017

If I'm not mistaken, he served as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam until he was wounded.

I said this in another thread, but I served as an infantry platoon leader in Iraq. He said several things to me over the years and was a guy I looked up to immensely. Knowing that he had dealt with some of the same issues I have and yet still lived a long life despite it all gives me a lot of hope for my ability to persevere.

He will be missed.

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