---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 04/14/12: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:45 PM - Re: Band of Brothers, (Espada) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:45:39 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Re: Band of Brothers, From: "Espada" 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. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=370816#370816 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message yak-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Yak-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/yak-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/yak-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.