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Robert Fielding Radcliffe

West Point, 1965

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Larry Neal on October 16, 2026:

In Loving Memory of Bob Radcliffe

Dear Faye,
So hard to know just what to say,
Nothing can make the pain go away.
But happy memories dull that pain,
A balm, a salve, a link in the chain
That is the Long Gray Line.

I know that you know,
But I want you to know,
That we also know,
That he has not gone away
He lives on, in our precious Line.

By "we" I mean my mates and I,
The West Point class of '65.
Ask anyone and they would say,
"He was never more than
A nine iron away" when needed,
Dear Faye.

His legacies of community,
Togetherness, camaraderie,
Live on within our ranks today.
And know that they will never fade,
Dear Faye.

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