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I also found another shot of Sam Bird and BT Collins, the ultimate FO of
FO's.  BT lost and arm and leg later during what I think was his 3rd
consecutive tour.  He was a bachelor and had found a home in the Army and
kept extending but only if he could stay in the field with the grunts.
No Ass't fire direction officer or other meaningless duty for this
artyman. When he died about 10 years ago, he was mourned by the entire
state of California and was so well know there. Among other
accomplishments, he had been the Chief of Staff for CA governor Jerry
Brown and as a Republican at that. He died in office as a legislature for
the state of CA.  He is as much a casualty of the war as any KIA we are
dealing with but not recognized as are so many. I think this picture is
quite appropriate for BT and Sam seem to me to have been cut from the same
bolt of cloth.  Real Warriors in the purest sense.