We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:00:21 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Today I'm attending a funeral. For this man, Royal Brown. Sure, there will be grief, but, like the funeral for my mother, this one will be a celebration of a life well lived. Let us take the measure of the man: Royal Brown was born June 21, 1917, in Herington, Kan., the son of Royal and Celia Baxter Brown. He died June 10, 2007, two weeks shy of his 90th birthday. He married Bettye Collard of McGehee, Ark. He was an infantry officer who served in three wars. He saw foreign service in China, Burma, India, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:45:38 -0600 Quite a legacy. I've even heard of rotary with their wheel symbol. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61227 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61227 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:04:29 -0600 Wow... what a legacy, eh? Imagine what at world it would be with more men like him around. What a great loss. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61217 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61217 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:32:48 -0600 Nemo Me Impune Lacessit on the backrest and is deeply cushioned with forest green, black and midnight blue.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61216 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61216 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:09:50 -0600 A live well lived, in service to his community -- that is a legacy any of us would cherish. It sounds like his spirit is part of the guiding Rulez of Argghhh - and therefore part of what makes the Castle a special place. Thank you, Mr. Brown, for your service at all levels. *raises glass, drinks* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61212 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/06/dip_the_guidons.html#comment-61212 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:13:04 -0600