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| Subject: | Re: Band of Brothers, |
Back in the early 1970s, when I got off active duty and got a job working in Lafayette,
Louisiana, my hometown, there was a jolly guy named Walter Gordon who
used to sometimes stop at the office - he knew my boss - and we'd chat a little.
He knew I'd been a military parachutist, and mentioned he'd been one, too,
in the Army. Period.
He was a little overweight, older than me, and had jet black hair, so I figured
him to have been on active duty maybe mid-1950s. Intelligent sense of humor
you haven't seen lately - always with a quip.
Read Band Of Brothers later, about 2002. At the end of The book was a section
entitled "Where Are They Now."
Read through it, and came across the name "Gordon." Had thought "Gordon" was
the corporal's first name, mentioned many times in action.
Walter Gordon was now (then) an attorney/oil & gas landman in Lafayette, Louisiana...
same guy.
The hackles stood up on the back of my neck, and I immediately tried to call him
from my Shreveport, Louisiana, home to tell him how damn proud I was to have
known him, and give him hell for not telling me a little about his story...
he'd been interested in my tour in Viet Nam, and had sometimes asked a few questions
about it.
Long story short, I called a mutual friend and found he'd moved to Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi, to retire, and had died a year before.
I was, and am, sorta sick that I didn't get to tell him how much I respected him
and appreciated having known this hard-charging American.
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