Doc Glenn G. Simpson, USN - another 3/5 FMF Corpsman with whom I had the honor to serve, made it through the war but passed on much too early. Many of my NamVet Brothers and Sisters are cashing in their chips at an early age. I have heard it said that the remaining Vietnam Vets will be buried by their Korean War and WWII Brothers.
Rest in Peace, Doc Simpson - Well done, you good and faithful servant!
To: Jim Robinson; Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; ...
Ping to the Canteen and Amy's Place!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
2 posted on
08/04/2012 7:11:01 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Hey, Doc. Always sad to lose a comrade. My condolences.
Looks like we were there the same year. I was up at Phu Bai with the wing.
4 posted on
08/04/2012 8:32:23 PM PDT by
dcwusmc
(A FREE People have no sovereign save Almighty GOD!!! III OK We are EVERYWHERE!!!)
To: ConorMacNessa
I never know what to say when news like this comes around and it's come around quite a bit, Doc.
Godspeed Glen Simpson.
5 posted on
08/04/2012 8:41:43 PM PDT by
BIGLOOK
(Hold.....hold......hold.......)
To: ConorMacNessa
Semper Fi, Doc, from a Lima, 3/26, 81 mortars FO/radio operator! (Arizona Territory during Taylor Common and what followed that. Rotated home Sept, 69 )
You corpsmen were great! (well, except for one idiot named Dusty who thought tossing a disarmed frag at folks was funny. I almost shot him before I realized it was disarmed) Y’all did unbelievable things taking care of your Marines.
Thanks to our Lima 3/26 corpsmen and all the rest of you!
6 posted on
08/04/2012 9:06:42 PM PDT by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: ConorMacNessa; Neil E. Wright; A Navy Vet
Thank you very much, brother. Welcome home. RIP, Doc Simpson.
7 posted on
08/04/2012 9:09:23 PM PDT by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: ConorMacNessa
I’m sorry to hear about your friend.
Gator Fleet HM-2, 1972-76. Never in country like you guys, but caught up in mild action when Cambodia fell, and then again when Saigon fell a few weeks later. My hat’s off in deep respect to you and your buddy and all you did and all you put up with in country. God bless you.
Stay safe and healthy, and live long.
8 posted on
08/04/2012 9:18:39 PM PDT by
dagogo redux
(A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
To: ConorMacNessa
9 posted on
08/04/2012 9:28:05 PM PDT by
jmax
(I'm armed...round is chambered...full magazine is inserted...safety is off.)
To: ConorMacNessa
To: ConorMacNessa
God speed Doc..may you rest in peace. Me?????? After serving 3 tours, I’ll hold my cards and chips close to the vest for now and let God sort it out later.
12 posted on
08/05/2012 1:34:01 AM PDT by
VF-51vnv
To: ConorMacNessa
Rest in Peace, Doc.
Semper Fi.
Bravo 1/11 and Golf 2/1, Jan '66 to May '67.
13 posted on
08/05/2012 2:46:32 AM PDT by
Chainmail
(Warfare is too serious to be left to the amateurs)
To: ConorMacNessa
14 posted on
08/05/2012 5:48:49 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: ConorMacNessa
Thank You, ConorMacNessa.
RIP Doc Glenn Simpson.
Hand Salute.............two.
SFP2(DV) 63-67
USS PIEDMONT(AD-17) R-1 Div.
16 posted on
08/05/2012 6:05:18 PM PDT by
Diver Dave
(Because He Lives, I Can Face Tomorrow)
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