Share your remembrances of those we served with who paid the price for our freedoms today.
I have three friends (classmates at USNA) I remember this weekend who died serving their country:
Lt (JG) Jason Skubi, USN. Jason and I worked on our cars together in the Bancroft Hall 7th Wing Parking lot 1st Class year. He had a Mazda RX-7, I had a Chevrolet Malibu convertible. He died June 22, 1990 when his CH-46 helicopter's transmission failed during a night unrep in the North Atlantic.
Lt Mark Hamilton, USN. Mark died in the March 21, 1991 mid-air collision between two P-3C Orion sub hunter aircraft. Mark and I rowed crew together at Navy. He went on the earn a varsity letter (while I switch to off shore sailing) To this day, Navy Crew varsity rows an 8-man shell named for Mark.
LCDR Ron Vauk, USNR. Ron died at his post in the Pentagon on Sept 11. 2001. Ron and I were Poly Sci majors and shared many classes together.
All three were good guys who died for all of us.
Like all of us, I have other friends who were veterans and have passed. But on this holiday, I remember my three friends who paid the ultimate price for American Freedoms and way of life while serving their country.
Who are yours? Tell us about them.
