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pinboy3niner

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2. The one about Joe Hearne Rufty was mine

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #1)

Fri May 22, 2015, 05:22 AM

May 2015

It was 20 years after we lost Joe in Vietnam that I found his family and learned he'd been named after his uncle who died at Anzio. That kind of blew me away.

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#GOSILENT on Memorial Day at 12:01 PM EDT [View all] pinboy3niner May 2015 OP

K&R. I'll take that pledge! Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #1

The one about Joe Hearne Rufty was mine pinboy3niner May 2015 #2

That is a real honor, though a sad one. Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #3

I don't know how many friends I have at Arlington. Probably a lot. pinboy3niner May 2015 #4

Was your room mate from the DashOneBravo May 2015 #6

No, he was with 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division pinboy3niner May 2015 #7

Got it and replied DashOneBravo May 2015 #8

...... daleanime May 2015 #5