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View a eulogy for John M. Runkle, USMA '09, who passed away on May 26, 2011.

John M. Runkle

West Point, 2009

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by CW2 Drafall, Charles on June 6, 2011:

From Korea to Iraq I traveled with you. And in this time you quietly and un-selflessly severed your country without complaint. I still remember your selection to West Point and celebratory cheers. Again you demanded only the opportunity to serve your country and with dignity and respect. You are and will always be a leader of men, a brother in arms, and an American Hero.

"In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield. But in the evening of my memory always I come back to West Point. Always there echoes and re-echoes: Duty, honor, country".-General MacArthur

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