View a eulogy for Humbert Roque Versace, USMA '59, who passed away on September 26, 1965.
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Humbert Roque Versace
West Point, 1959
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Richard Raymond III USNA '54 on August 8, 2005:
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"After a lapse of nearly forty years, Captain H. R. Versace, a Special Forces officer-wounded, captured, tortured, and at last executed by Viet Cong guerrillas-is to be awarded posthumously the medal of Honor, for extreme bravery in combat, exemplary leadership of his fellow-POWs, and, unwavering resistance to attempted interrogation and indoctrination by his Communist captors." - News item Some men there are who neither bend nor break, Who go to glory in a holy fire, Who dare the worst, and die, for honor's sake. (Is it so precious, then, cynics inquire, They dash headlong to a martyr's grave?) There was no heart to spare, nor hand to save This "Captain Rocky", with his Green Beret, Unflinching in his passion to inspire Resistance, as his stern Code would desire- Even as he was being led away To execution, singing, loud and clear! A model to his comrades in their chains, Trusting in God, without a sign of fear- When all but life is gone, Honor remains. 6-22-00 |
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