Capt. Marks
Last Thursday I found out that a buddy of mine had passed away the night before following a chance accident.
http://www.dunndailyrecord.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=79890&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1
I was really put on my heels.
This isn’t the first time I’ve lost a friend or family member. And I know every man is mortal. But after 14 years in the Marines, 16 years as a Green Beret, training as a HALO jumper and every other crazy thing you can do in uniform, stints as a fireman, cop, deputy, EMT, assistant pastor, competitive skydiving, every position in Scouting you could name….
He ate uncooked meat to toughen his guts, used a sander to toughen his bare feet (he hated wearing shoes) and I’d have told you he was ten feet tall and bullet proof and any suggestion otherwise was downright un-American.
It’s as if Chuck Yeager died of a toothache or Elton John passed away as a celebrated war hero and there’s a bunch of us kinda scratching our heads with puzzled looks thinking this just doesn’t seem fitting….
http://www.dunndailyrecord.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=79890&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1
I was really put on my heels.
This isn’t the first time I’ve lost a friend or family member. And I know every man is mortal. But after 14 years in the Marines, 16 years as a Green Beret, training as a HALO jumper and every other crazy thing you can do in uniform, stints as a fireman, cop, deputy, EMT, assistant pastor, competitive skydiving, every position in Scouting you could name….
He ate uncooked meat to toughen his guts, used a sander to toughen his bare feet (he hated wearing shoes) and I’d have told you he was ten feet tall and bullet proof and any suggestion otherwise was downright un-American.
It’s as if Chuck Yeager died of a toothache or Elton John passed away as a celebrated war hero and there’s a bunch of us kinda scratching our heads with puzzled looks thinking this just doesn’t seem fitting….
posted by John Derrick | 7:16 PM
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