View a eulogy for Wayne Richard Smith, USMA '55, who passed away on December 14, 2001.
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Wayne Richard Smith
West Point, 1955
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Chuck Ewing on December 18, 2001:
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Combined Arms Trip, summer '53. We were at Eglin over a long weekend, and Smitty, Staffen and I hitchhiked to Panama City. Too cheap to use our limited resources on a motel, we slept on the beach in our swimming trunks. The weekend was a blast, but sunrise the last morning sticks in my head. It was early and hot, as usual, but with it came a deck of cirrus that caught the sun and lit the dawn in a display that was almost pyrotechnic. After watching the colors change for several minutes, Smitty mused, almost to himself "Beautiful! I'll never see a prettier one." I figure he has now. We all treasure our memories of you, Smitty, and we salute your courage in the last battle. Sweet sunrises. |
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