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9/11/2001
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<blockquote data-quote="BrewingFrog" data-source="post: 3048935" data-attributes="member: 28"><p>Two more small portraits of people I knew, whose names are important:</p><p></p><p>Ike Clanton was the husband of my long-suffering secretary, Rita. And yes, Ike was one of <em>those</em> Clantons. He joined the Marine Corps out of High School, and did two tours in Vietnam. He liked it, as he told me later, so he re-upped and did two more. After he was brought back in the drawdown, he went to work for Shell. Led a good life, raised two fine boys with his H.S. sweetheart, and was happy.</p><p></p><p>The day of the attacks, he literally got in his truck and drove to the nearest Marine Recruiting Office, and "reported for duty." The squared-away Marine behind the desk evidently took a look at Ike's service record and jumped to his feet with a salute. With the greatest reverence, he told Ike, "Sir, thank you for reporting. Should we need you, we will be in contact." It bugged Ike to no end that he couldn't get into the fight in some way. "Hell, I'll drive a damned truck!"</p><p></p><p>Cancer took him about five years ago. Rita followed three years later. Ike was always a jovial goofball, easy going and relaxed. And he did 4 tours in Vietnam because "he liked it."</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>Charles Kitkowski was a fellow I never got to know well enough. He was part of a group of friends who all attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston, and Mrs. Brewingfrog and I got to know them all via work crossovers. Charles was Marine ROTC at St. Thomas, and after the attacks, was Commissioned and sent to an Intelligence outfit in Afghanistan. He had a memory for trivia which far surpassed my own, and an encyclopedic knowledge of movie trivia in particular which was most impressive. Probably good for Intelligence work, where memory of perhaps trivial things is very, <em>very</em> important.</p><p></p><p>He worked two tours in Afghanistan, working the locals for intel and advising the combat command on what he found. He was a very "hands-on, lead from the front intel-weenie," as he described himself during a visit back home after his first tour. </p><p></p><p>After he returned to Afghanistan, he took up duties in another front-line outfit, recruiting local intel sources and building up a network. He was killed by a roadside bomb a month after he took up his new duties. </p><p></p><p>Charles' death was devastating to his young friends. One went down the day he heard about Charles' death and joined the Corps. He is now a reserve JAG after doing two tours himself in Afghanistan. The other friends gathered what support they could and funded a Scholarship at St. Thomas in Charles' name.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>As the old saw goes, "Dead men tell no tales." It is up to we the living to remember them, and tell their stories for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrewingFrog, post: 3048935, member: 28"] Two more small portraits of people I knew, whose names are important: Ike Clanton was the husband of my long-suffering secretary, Rita. And yes, Ike was one of [I]those[/I] Clantons. He joined the Marine Corps out of High School, and did two tours in Vietnam. He liked it, as he told me later, so he re-upped and did two more. After he was brought back in the drawdown, he went to work for Shell. Led a good life, raised two fine boys with his H.S. sweetheart, and was happy. The day of the attacks, he literally got in his truck and drove to the nearest Marine Recruiting Office, and "reported for duty." The squared-away Marine behind the desk evidently took a look at Ike's service record and jumped to his feet with a salute. With the greatest reverence, he told Ike, "Sir, thank you for reporting. Should we need you, we will be in contact." It bugged Ike to no end that he couldn't get into the fight in some way. "Hell, I'll drive a damned truck!" Cancer took him about five years ago. Rita followed three years later. Ike was always a jovial goofball, easy going and relaxed. And he did 4 tours in Vietnam because "he liked it." *** Charles Kitkowski was a fellow I never got to know well enough. He was part of a group of friends who all attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston, and Mrs. Brewingfrog and I got to know them all via work crossovers. Charles was Marine ROTC at St. Thomas, and after the attacks, was Commissioned and sent to an Intelligence outfit in Afghanistan. He had a memory for trivia which far surpassed my own, and an encyclopedic knowledge of movie trivia in particular which was most impressive. Probably good for Intelligence work, where memory of perhaps trivial things is very, [I]very[/I] important. He worked two tours in Afghanistan, working the locals for intel and advising the combat command on what he found. He was a very "hands-on, lead from the front intel-weenie," as he described himself during a visit back home after his first tour. After he returned to Afghanistan, he took up duties in another front-line outfit, recruiting local intel sources and building up a network. He was killed by a roadside bomb a month after he took up his new duties. Charles' death was devastating to his young friends. One went down the day he heard about Charles' death and joined the Corps. He is now a reserve JAG after doing two tours himself in Afghanistan. The other friends gathered what support they could and funded a Scholarship at St. Thomas in Charles' name. *** As the old saw goes, "Dead men tell no tales." It is up to we the living to remember them, and tell their stories for them. [/QUOTE]
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