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An Old War Horse Passes
American Thinker, by Russ Vaughn
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Posted By:iceman, 10/19/2012 2:06:11 PM
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| America lost one of her great old war horses last week when Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Basil L. Plumley passed away at 92 in Columbus, Georgia. CSM Plumley was probably the country's best-known sergeant major, thanks to Sam Elliott's memorable portrayal of him in the movie We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, the filmed version of the book by Joe Galloway and retired Lieutenant General Hal Moore.
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I read of CSM Plumley's passing a few days ago and reflected about what an awesome example he provides to those who now serve. I'm a former Navy Command Senior Chief. In no way could I have ever measured up.
Duty, Honor, Country
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
janylou, 10/19/2012 2:10:21 PM (No. 8946057)
RIP, Sgt. Major.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
melman, 10/19/2012 2:49:09 PM (No. 8946154)
You have earned your rest. Thank You.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Ruhn, 10/19/2012 3:03:05 PM (No. 8946189)
CSM Basil Plumley USA, RIP
...God is nigh
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
djs, 10/19/2012 3:11:19 PM (No. 8946207)
Anyone else notice Sam Elliott, (who played the role of the Sgt in the film version of We Were Soldiers Once, and Young), at the funeral? Class act Mr. Elliott.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Hazymac, 10/19/2012 3:30:37 PM (No. 8946240)
Re #4: I noticed that, too. The actor Sam Elliott revered CSM Plumley and did justice to him in the movie.
That movie (We Were Soldiers) from about ten years ago truly is an accurate depiction not only of that first intense battle at LZ X-Ray with PAVN (People's Army of Vietnam, or the NVA) but of what the wives back in Ft. Benning went through as their husbands fought for their lives a half world away. It was November 1965. May God bless Command Sergeant Major Basil Plumley. What a man!
P.S. There was a second battle at Ia Drang at LZ Albany, a few miles away from the first battle. The second battle was far deadlier for the American soldiers who were there. The book by Joe Galloway and Lieutenant Colonel Moore is a history of the beginning of the hot war in Vietnam. If you want to learn about that war, I unhesitatingly recommend We Were Soldiers Once...And Young.
Watch the video of the funeral service (link in the article). It will be impossible to keep the tears out of your eyes.
Garry Owen!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
WayneDavis, 10/19/2012 3:39:31 PM (No. 8946262)
The link no longer works. I went all through American Thinker to find it as well as Google and its gone (it may be temporary, I don't know).
I did find a good article that I think is worth as a substitute for the link here:
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/10/basil-plumley-retired-veteran-whose-book-became-were-soldiers-movie-dies-in/
if anyone has a working link to the cited article please post it -- thanks.
No country on earth has ever produced more honorable warriors willing to lay down their lives to preserve our Freedoms. And as the latest terrorist attack, proves, as long as freedom is at stake, Americans will never stop fighting for it. America is worth fighting for.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
RedLegLeader68, 10/19/2012 3:56:35 PM (No. 8946296)
CSM Basil Plumley USA - Mission Accomplished, Sir!
Rest Well; we are better men for having known you.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
john grady, 10/19/2012 4:16:01 PM (No. 8946342)
I lasted about three minutes on the video, before tearing up.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
tunnelrat, 10/19/2012 4:33:09 PM (No. 8946401)
At ease, Sar Major.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
tunnelrat, 10/19/2012 4:52:11 PM (No. 8946435)
Youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zbcHRXNbRs
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