Donald Renay Workman
West Point, 1968
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Jerry Hansen on June 3, 1998:
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Don and I went to the same high school-- Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Mo. I never knew him there, though, because he graduated before I started. We were interviewed by our local Congressman at the same time. I was a skinny 17-yr old almost ready to graduate from HS. Don was a man--a Sergeant in the Army and much more qualified than I. I knew he was in a different league. When we were both accepted to West Point, I knew that he would be a role model and pacesetter for the rest of us--if not in academics, in every other endeavor. Although we were in different regiments and I never got to know Don as well as I would have liked, I never lost the respect, almost awe, I felt for him. He always seemed a bit bigger than life. I was tremendously saddened to hear that he was killed--so soon! He would have been a great General. The Lord will have to explain all of this to me in time. We miss you, Don! |
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