Abandoned in Hell reunion
Medic09 sends us a link to an article in the Albuquerque Journal about our friend, Bill Albracht, who will, during his book signing tour reunite with one of the men he led off of Firebase Kate;
“Capt. Albracht told us he was going to get as many of us off that hill as he could, even if he died trying,” said Nelson Koon, 64, an artilleryman on Kate who now lives in Moriarty. “He kept his word.”
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“If Capt. Albracht hadn’t been there, I don’t think any of us would have made it out,” Koon said in a recent interview at his home.
“I was just shy of my 19th birthday when we were about to get overrun. Albracht was 21, but represented to me what a Green Beret is supposed to be. He could walk on water, as far as I was concerned, and I would have followed him to the gates of hell.”
ABJ says that Bill will be signing books from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hastings Entertainment, 6051 Winter Haven Road Northwest if you’re in the neighborhood.
Category: Real Soldiers
That’s not too far from where I am. Guess I will be buying a book!
Give Bill our best when you see him.
Can do.
Where ya at? I’m about an hour away; but likely can’t make it over at that particular time. ;-(
Well, I would say, but the Dutch Rudder gang is monitoring this line.
HEY FUCKSTICKS!!!!
Ya need a copy??
Like to thank TAH for recommending this book and Whiskey four five. Read the Whiskey book this weekend and found it informative if that is a good word for it.
I listened to the radio tapes a few weeks ago…simply bad ass. Planning to read the book this weekend.
It’s great to hear about real heros every now and then.
Just finished the book, simply amazing. New Mexico is a bit out of range at the moment, though.
I look at the picture of Capt. Albracht, and despite age, he still looks fit and trim. And there is that indefinable “look” about him that says, “been there, done that”, that every honorable member of the military carries about them, war or peace time service.
Compare that with all the posers that ooze out of the mud, that more often then not, look like they ATE the SEAL, who look so desperate for attention.
These are the men that I would prefer to read about all day long.
Bills hand is the only hand that can beat a royal flush, he can also slam a revolving door