View a eulogy for James Bascom Giles, USMA '44, who passed away on October 7, 2015.
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James Bascom Giles
West Point, 1944
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by george l sadler III on January 30, 2017:
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JIM, WE MET ON SATURDAYS FOR 8 YRS. WE ALWAYS VISITED FOR 3 HRS. WHAT DID WE HAVE IN COMMON? i WAS CLASS OF '72 AND YOU WERE '44.WE BOTH PLAYED ARMY FOOTBALL - AT CENTER POSITION, BOTH LIVED IN THE LOST 50'S DIVISIONS, BOTH WERE PRESIDENT OF WEST POINT SOCIETY OF HOUSTON, AND BETTER YET, WE WERE BOTH IMPRINTED BY THE DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY TRADITION. I'LL MISS YOU FRIEND.THE HOURS DISCUSSING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, FUTURE OF ARMY FOOTBALL, WEST POINT SOCIETY OF HOUSTON. GEORGE |
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