A DAY TO BE PROUD

Powerline ^ | 11 Sep 2022 | Scott Johnson

[Rummyfan]

the book based on Stewart’s New Yorker article “The real heroes are dead.” (“The real heroes are dead” is what Rescorla would say in response to recognition of his heroism on the battlefield in Vietnam.) It’s a good book that touches on profound themes in a thought-provoking way: life and death, love and friendship, heroism and sacrifice, destiny and fate, man’s search for meaning, all fall within the book’s compass.

Rescorla was a British native who moved to the United States to join the Army and fight the Communists in Vietnam. Rescorla was inspired to move to the United States in part by his friendship with Dan Hill. Their friendship is the one constant theme of the book. Hill and Rescorla had become friends in Rhodesia; they consciously modeled themselves on the characters of Peachy and Dravot in Kipling’s story “The Man Who Would Be King.” Later they both served as officers in Vietnam, where in 1965 Rescorla saw harrowing combat in the Ia Drang Valley.

In April 2001, thanks to Hill’s efforts, Rescorla was inducted into the Army’s Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame for his service in Vietnam. The famous photo at the left (taken by UPI reporter Joe Galloway) depicts Rescorla in action in the Ia Drang Valley It is moving to read of the officers who sought Rescorla out to shake his hand and have him autograph their copies of We Were Soldiers Once…and Young, in which Rescorla plays a key role.

[Rummyfan]

Where do we find these men?!

[SES1066]

I’d just add something here, that Col Rescorla was a man of Cornwall. Just as there are people who identify as Texans here, so are there regions in the UK that bring forth the same regional pride!

Men of Harlech / Cornwall
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Men of Cornwall stop your dreaming;
Can’t you see their spearpoints gleaming?
See their warriors’ pennants streaming
To this battlefield.

Men of Cornwall stand ye steady;
It cannot be ever said ye
for the battle were not ready;
Stand and never yield!
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Thanking God for his presence and bravery.

[Portcall24]

The movie, “American Sniper”. A young Chris Kyle’s dad is talking with him at the dinner table. “There’s three types of people in the world. Sheep, wolves and sheep dogs. In this family we’re sheep dogs.” Here is a story of an exceptional sheep dog.