COLONEL REGINALD RODNEY MYERS, USMC
RIP
Posted on 11/23/2005 4:39:58 AM PST by 7thson
Reginald R. Myers, 85, a Marine Corps colonel who received the Medal of Honor in the Korean War for leading his vastly outnumbered force in an assault on a key position during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, died Oct. 23 at a hospice in West Palm Beach, Fla., of the effects of a stroke. He had lived in Jupiter, Fla., since moving there from Annandale in 1993.
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I hear that hell froze over today, just to remind those the Colonel sent there just how tough he was.
LiM: "Did you know that John Kerry was in VietNam?"
Wifey: "You don't say!"
The book is "Medal of Honor, Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty" and yes, it is a good book. It has 116 of those honored, which is most of the living (it doesn't cover those who have died, you'd need another book for that), and my son had the great honor of meeting one of them who also signed his book: Michael E. Thorton. It has the story behind the Medal, and a current (or most current) pic of the honoree along with their medal story.
Puts a face to the names.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579652409/102-4839543-4680130?v=glance&n=283155&s=books&v=glance
I will check the book out, thanks.
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