Jack Horner, he served with Golf
He wound up making a
career in the Navy, but got out around 1996.
His daring bravery and heartfelt
compassion for all "his marines" touched us all.
He was extremely
upset the first time he "lost" a casualty. The Marine stepped on a mine and was
torn up in his lower
torso - but still fairly stable - when
the medevac took him out. He passed away
over night and we found out the next day and
Jack was devastated.
He did all he could
and did a great job in the field. Got the bleeding pretty much stopped and had
him
calmed down and responsive but you just can't
tell sometimes.
Jack sold and built
log homes in Colorado (and was doing "FINE"). It was nice to see that some good
guys finished FIRST!!!!!
Jack passed away September 26, 2008 in Colorado from a brain tumor.
He passed from this world as he
lived in this world - with quiet dignity and courage. He was so proud to have
been one of our corpsman,
but never thought he was tough enough to be a "Marine".
I
assured him many times that he was as much a Marine as any man I ever knew -
and he was as all our
Corpsman were of course!
He
left behind his beautiful wife, Dixie, and three (maybe four) children. I wanted everyone to know
(even though I'm a bit late with the notification) but Jack
had many friends who I'm sure want to know.
If
anybody wants to contact me I can put you on touch with Dixie... my email is: [email protected]
Semper Fi, Gary
Williams Golf 3rd Plt Machine Gunner 66-67.