View a eulogy for Kevin Joseph Smith, USMA '02, who passed away on December 8, 2005.
Other important links:
Kevin Joseph Smith
West Point, 2002
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by john p schwartz on December 13, 2005:
| To the Smith family and to all of the families whose sons and daughters have given "the last full measure of devotion" so that our Nation would be safe : When it must seem hopeless, try to find hope in the message of President Lincoln to Mrs. Bixby. "I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom." Know that your son is in heaven because he has laid down his life for another. A grateful but reticent Nation wishes you Peace. |
 admin |
West-Point.Org (WP-ORG), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides an online communications infrastructure that enable graduates, parents, and friends of the military academy to maintain and strengthen the associations that bind us together. We will provide this community any requested support, consistent with this purpose, as quickly and efficiently as possible. WP-ORG is funded by the generosity of member contributions. Our communication services are provided in cooperation with the AOG (independent of USMA) and are operated by volunteers serving the Long Gray Line. For questions or comments, please email us at feedback@west-point.org.