[postaldave]

[goodnesswins]

I wondered who GUIDO FARINARO was.......here's some info....

"A year later, after a year at The Basic School at Quantico, which molds all new second lieutenants, he (Peter Pace) was on his way to Vietnam. He arrived in time to be assigned as a platoon leader in Golf Company, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, then involved in heavy fighting in the Battle for Hue City. It was an experience that marked him forever. He was the third platoon commander in as many weeks. When he joined it, there were only 14 men remaining in the platoon instead of the authorized 43. Under the glass on his desk he keeps a photo of Lance Corporal Guido Farinaro, the first Marine to die while under his command. There would be many more to die. After 37 years he can still reel off their names. He himself escaped unscathed in his 13 months of Vietnam combat."

[ErnBatavia]

Pace said he can still remember the names and see the faces of the Marines whom he served with in Vietnam. "I never want to lose that," he said. "Under the glass on my desk is a picture of Lance Cpl. Guido Farinaro of Bethpage, N.Y., a 19 year-old corporal killed by a sniper. He was the first Marine I lost in combat. I keep his picture as a reminder that he and Lance Cpl. Chubby Hale, and Lance Cpl. Buddy Travers and Cpl. Mike Witt and Staff Sgt. Willie Williams and all the others died following 2nd Lt. Pace's orders. I can never repay that."

(Googleized the name Guido Farinaro....)

[reagan_fanatic]

That just deserves to be posted again.



God bless you, General Pace.

[brityank]

With respect for a great Marine Leader:

General Peter Pace leaves stars at Wall

God bless you, Sir.