View a eulogy for Robert Kimball Mercado, USMA '60, who passed away on December 18, 2003.
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Robert Kimball Mercado
West Point, 1960
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Brig. Gen. Ramon M. Ong (Ret) on November 21, 2006:
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Cadet Mercado was the first upperclassman to befriend me during Plebe Year. He stopped to ask me a question in Spanish, and I replied in kind. He gave a genuine smile, then shook my hand and welcomed me to West Point and said that I should visit him anytime if I needed any help. He seemed to have a special place in his heart for Hispanic Cadets. Robert and I belonged to different Cadet Companies, so our paths crossed rarely during my first year which was his last year. Somehow, I never encountered any problems that merited a special visit to his room. I do remember meeting him after Recognition Day - he congratulated me for surviving Plebe Year. Our final words to each other were, "Adios, amigo." I never saw him again. Now it is my sad honor to say to him for the last time, "Adios, amigo!" Brigadier General Ramon M. Ong (Retired) Armed Forces of the Philippines USMA 1963 |
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