US Army vet of 3 wars dies. RIP Mr Plumley.

[powderman]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/11/basil-plumley-army-veteran-of-three-wars-dies-at-92/?hpt=hp_bn1
 
            Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Basil L. Plumley, left, and retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore help lead the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam.    October 11th, 2012       Basil Plumley, Army veteran of 3 wars, dies at 92  Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Basil L. Plumley, who fought in some of the U.S. Army's bloodiest battles in three wars, died Wednesday in Columbus, Georgia. He was 92.
Plumley saw action in some of the largest battles of World War II, including the Battle of Normandy, the Battle of Salerno in Italy and Operation Market Garden.
 
He then fought in the Korean War, but it was his role in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam that brought him the most fame. The battle was chronicled in the book "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young," which was later a 2002 movie starring Mel Gibson. Sam Elliott played Plumley.
The National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia, tweeted a picture of Elliot and Plumley in noting the veteran's death

[Wyo. Coyote Hunter]

  Sad news..What a fellow..Read the book and saw the movie many times...Probably the monkey in the white house, if he could lower himself to attend, would only offer the crotch salute to this great man..

[powderman]

There would be few things I could think of that would be more disrespectful than for hussein to attend a United States Vets funeral. POWDERMAN.