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View a eulogy for Aaron K Roof, USMA '97, who passed away on October 8, 2022.

Aaron K Roof

West Point, 1997

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Taylor Stokes on August 17, 2024:

When I first entered the golden Buffalo Battalion at CU Boulder I knew nothing of the military but I knew I wanted to serve. As a cadet, LTC Roof was a great mentor to me and to many others. He was hard, he was unbending, and he wanted to make officers of merit that could properly lead and endure along those they commissioned to serve with. I cannot speak for myself but for my classmates I know that he achieved in that goal. I owe LTC Roof for the very fact I am an officer, for his trust and word on my part as I pursued higher education, and for his confidence in me. When I got back from my first deployment I was heartbroken to learn he was no longer here in our world but I thank him for all he did for me and for those around me. He was the very image of a leader and one of a token few men I'e met in my life that I've truly and deeply respected. May God bless him and his progeny, and may I meet him again in the life after this one to give my thanks for his counsel.

 
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