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Marines bid farewell to one of their heroesPublished 11/08/08
With moist eyes, young midshipmen and hardened old warriors alike, stood at attention yesterday as the casket of Vietnam War hero retired Marine Col. John Walter Ripley was taken from the Naval Academy Chapel.
Paul W. Gillespie - The Capital
Pallbearers from Marine Corps Barracks Washington, DC bring the flag draped casket of Colonel John W Ripley, U.S.M.C. (Ret.) out of the Naval Academy Chapel.Funeral Mass and Final Commendation for Colonel John W Ripley, U.S.M.C. (Ret.) at The United States Naval Academy.
One old comrade, who stood with Col. Ripley against a large Communist force on Easter Sunday 1972, flew in from California for the funeral Mass and final commendation. "Col. Ripley worked as my adviser for two years," retired Vietnamese Marine Corps Lt. Col. Le Ba Binh said through a translator during an interview. "He was a genuine guy, very nice, very well spoken. It hit me hard when I heard" about...
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