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View a eulogy for Vernon Wyatt Pinkey, USMA '45, who passed away on January 4, 2017.

Vernon Wyatt Pinkey

West Point, 1945

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Michael B. Pinkey on June 8, 2017:

Vernon Wyatt Pinkey was my father. He was one of the best men who have ever trod this weary earth. He was a stern father--yes, indeed--but in his 94 years he was never once arrested, never got a traffic ticket, never set foot in a pawn shop, and passed with every one of his natural teeth intact, and never had a filling...he was never in debt...he taught me many things of value--"always try to see it from the other guy's point of view"--"don't make enemies"--the list could go on--he shot a perfect score on the West Point firing range the first time they took him there--a record which, I think, still stands--God rest the soul of a Good Man.

 
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