I met him at a USC football game a few years ago. I was fortunate enough to be able to arrange for Sal Mena, an SC football player in the late 1930s, to be on the field to present the ceremonial game ball before the very first Pac 12 football game at the Coliseum. Both men were honored at that time.
Hand salute.
Gob bless him and his family.
It won’t be too long before they are all gone.
History is a strange thing...
When my mama was young, there were civil war veterans still around.
I could not put this book down!!!!!...The narrative was that compelling!
He was to have been the Grand Marshall in next year’s Rose Parade.
If my kids were still young enough to tell them what to read, I would make them read Unbroken. It was an amazing read.
This guy was like Zelig—he seemed to be everywhere important.
The world lost something when he passed. God bless him and his family.
RIP