An OIF vet (Green 6 golf) posted this on another site.....
"I am very proud to say, I met this man 4 weeks ago, at a local pub. He had stopped for a beer after performing duty on the rifle detail (firing of the volleys) of a soldier KIA in Iraq.
He walked past me at the bar, wearing the same outfit he is shown wearing in the interview. He had driven to the east bay to perform this service, and said that the only time he stopped for a beer was after such an occasion. “I’m too old to get in trouble at bars anymore.”
We spoke for about 15 minutes, and I happily bought the man a beer. We exchanged war stories; mine as a vet of OIF I was nothing compared to his.
Mr. Clouston served in the 502nd of the 101st, at Bastogne, “I’ve never been so cold in my life,” he said. Amazingly, he said that he wasn’t wounded at all in WWII, but did catch shrapnel from a mortar round that hit the front of a tank he was standing next to in Korea. He was in the regimental combat team of the 7th ID, which was virtually destroyed at the Chosin reservoir.
I am very proud to say that I had the chance to meet him, and glad to learn that he still has the fight in him."
Donald Clouston, what a guy! He kicked him in the teeth too!
Semper Fi!!
