Korean War vet dies replacing flag
James Catron, an 83-year-old Korean War veteran died of natural causes on Memorial Day replacing his old flag on his home in Ohio. the new flag was given to Catron by a neighbor according to the Richville Repository;
A neighbor saw Catron slumped over atop the tower and called 911. Catron’s body was brought down by fire department paramedics.
Perry Township Fire Chief Larry Sedlock told The Repository that firefighters with a ladder truck returned later on Memorial Day to replace the flag.
I guess the best way to leave this life is to go out doing that which you care about most.
Thanks to ROS for the link.
Category: Support the troops
That’s a good way to go.
Boy, if I could be that lucky…RIP, Mr. Catron.
I remember reading a story about the prisoner exchange at the end of the Korean War. The well fed still belligerent commie prisoners went north, then the skeletal emaciated Nato prisoners came south. One of them went over to the color guard and knelt before the American flag, the barrer lowered the flag to him, and he grabbed it and wept into the stars and stripes. That story has always stuck with me.
No greater love. . .
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