[joesnuffy]

What an honor to have spoken with Col Rowe
I have visited the U Minh Forest..
What he and others endured was super human
The VC/Communists killed him in the Phillipines for being the only American to escape...
And we did nothing in return...now we want to normalize relations with these sobs...
oh oh I am getting myself started...

[Leisler]

The first time I met the Colonel was at night, in the rain, standing at the end of chow line at Camp MacKall. The cooks were serving us out of the metal insulated tubs. Rainwater was filling my serving kit and everyone was just back from the field, wet, dirty and smelly. I noticed two more shadows join behind me and turned to talk to them and noticed they were officers and the nearest was Col Rowe. I told them this was just enlisted, and students at that, and said something about making way for them to the front. Col Rowe said no thanks, they were late and would just stand in the rain at the end. I think he just wanted to get something to eat, but more likely to see that there was enough good food even at the end. He quizzed me about myself, the training, what I thought, etc..The cooks were really stunned when we got there. And there was enough food. This was around ’82.