Posted on 02/14/2007 8:25:14 AM PST by Paratrooper
My Father passed away on 12 Feb 2007. He was a retired Colonel. He started life as an a Army brat born at Ft Monroe, Va. His father was a career Army Officer and every paternal grandfather with the exception on one has served in the military back to the revolutionay war. Our family has served the military in every war with the exception of the Spanish American War in 1898. He graduated from West Point and started his career with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Germany during WWII. He served in both the Korean(187 Regimental Combat Team ABN) and Vietnam Wars(MACV HQ) and earned the purple heart being wounded three times, once seriously leaving a very distinguished scar across his forehead. He had seven children, four boys and three girls. All four boys are career military and one daughter is career military. The other two daughter's husbands are or were Army Officers. When he got ill he had a daughter(Navy Commander)serving on the Iraq-Kuwait border, a son(Army LYT, SPC OPS)in Mindano, Phillipines, and a son(Navy Seal CAPT) in Columbia, South America. All made it back to bid him farewell before he died. He has one grandson who has served two tours with the 4th Infantry Division in Iraq. My son is following tradition and is starting Army Basic Training today at Ft Benning. He was a true professional and great father. As a West Pointer we say "Well Done" Dad, be thou at peace.
Condolences to you and your family.
Nam Vet
Thank you for your post. God bless him.
Thank you for your post. God bless him.
I hear the love in your words. He was a hero in many areas of his life. I know you all will miss him....I still miss my daddy.
My condolences to you and your family and a salute to your Dad for his service...... He is now in the company of many many great soldiers and sailors who are welcoming him with salutes of their own.
Thank you and your incredible family. My Dad was there waiting at the gate when your Dad arrived. Geronimo!
God rest his soul. God bless you and all your family members who served and are now serving this greatest of all nations.
On behalf of my wife and daughter, I'd like to thank your Dad -- and your family -- for being great patriots and defenders of our nation.
Prayers for your father and you and your family. It appears that this hero raised a family of heroes. God bless you!
Salute! (as much as I can, being a civvie)
God bless him and your family!
RIP and my sincerest condolences. It is the duty of posterity to remain worthy of what has gone before.
That's a beautiful tribute to your father. How fortunate you were to have been his son. Your family has certainly proved that old saying about an apple not falling far from the tree.
These kinds of threads always make me cry. My sympathies to you on the loss of your father.
I lost mine in August of 2003, he was WWII vet ETO.
We now face the slow demise of my father in law, another WWII vet and retired Navy man. He's suffering from dementia and it's been determined that he has to have 24 hr. supervision and can't go back home.
My oldest boy will under go Army basic training this summer.
God bless the soul of your father, Paratrooper. You will all surely miss him.
Needless to say, we owe much to your family. You may all be very proud.
Proud Tradition ping.
Condolences on the loss of your father.
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