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Timothy J Steele

West Point, 2009

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Adam Nordin on June 13, 2013:

Tim,

So many years since our last run, and I still don't forget those excellent training events we had.

I will never forget walking into the RAOC in Kandahar in 2012 and seeing your face on the wall. My skin tingled, my blood felt cold, and my heart raced - it was the worst feeling.

Oddly enough, I'm a company commander and now attached to your last battalion: 2-87 IN. We are currently at JRTC, preparing for yet another, and most likely final, deployment to Afghanistan. This time, fortunately, we are going to RC-E.

I want you to know Tim that, as promised, your life and memory live on with every breath I take. I recently saw the photo of you giving me my first salute... these things aren't supposed to happen to the good guys.

When I write to you again, it will be from Afghanistan. Until then, I will continue to stand tall and proud, knowing that I have known such a great man as you.

-Adam

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