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Miracle at St. Anna - Ken Valentine - 02-17-2009
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Gerald, I gotta ask: after =40= years, are 2 guys gonna =remember=, much less recognize, each other?Quite often . . . yes.
Before I got a computer, I called Camp Pendelton to ask if there was someone who knew if there was a regimental historian for the Ninth Marines.
The individual I talked to didn't know of anyone, but he gave me the phone number of a retired Lieutenant Colonel, (Chester Farmer) who was living in San Diego.
I called him and introduced myself, asking him about a Regimental Historian. He said he didn't know of one, and then asked if I was related to Audrey Valentine. I told him I was his son, and he said, "I remember your dad! I was the platoon sargent of the mortar platoon he was in."
He gave me the phone number of a man in Louisiana. When I called him and told him who I was, he said, "Lieutenant Lightsey told me that your father was dead! I was the one who took his place when he was hit!"
I gave him my dad's phone number, and I gather that he and dad spent a few hours on the phone together.
So, yeah, people do remember.
Ken V.
Miracle at St. Anna - GeraldRice - 02-18-2009
Thanks, Ken.