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Graduation
I graduated in 1980. Grauation was held at the SWC Auditorium. My Mother and Father drove 12 hours to attend.
Col. Mize handed out our certificates. We marched as a class over to Bronze Bruce for the Don Berets.
My father was a Korean War Veteren and a very hard man. After we were dissmissed my Father walked over to me with tears streaming down his cheeks. I was shocked and asked if he was OK.
He told me how proud he was of me. He dried is tears and looked at me with a very hard stare( the one I had seen before).
He told me to wear that Beret with honor but never forget the blood that was shed by the Special Forces Soldiers before us.
My father died seven years ago but I will never forget that day and what his words were.
Of course later there was a lot of Beer!
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