Last week “they” held a Vietnam Veteran Appreciation Event here in Northwest Ohio. The feature of the event was the 80% scale ‘traveling wall.’ One of those on the Wall is Tom Widerquist.
Tom was a member of our pilot training class, Class 71-07 at Randolph AFB, TX. We graduated in April 1971 and Tom was killed on 3 May 1972 at An Loc, South Vietnam.
Lest we forget….
Well done. Thanks. Fred
(From Fred Drake, Class 71-07)
Thank you Bob: lest we forget…
(From Ken McGraw, Class 71-07)
It seems like only yesterday that Tom moved in to the apartment next to me at the Randolph BOQ. He was the consumate gentleman and a good friend. It warms my heart that you were able to honor him.
Thanks Bob
(From Bob Klein, Class 71-07)
Of course, I didn’t know Tom, but I look at the picture and wonder if we were really that young. There is a picture of me around here somewhere in one of those cotton flight suits and with a little hair.
I went to the wall once many years ago and I couldn’t really get close to it. I don’t really know why. Some years later I read a book titled Fooled by Randomness The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I guess I’m not so fooled by randomness anymore. It’s a good book.
(From Jack Dyer, Dear Friend…)