https://www.army.mil/article/213668/connecting_to_those_who_fought_for_us
11/11 Army News post, doesn't have "sauce" but it's worth your time, God bless the patriots who have fought for our country, those who died are in Heaven lookin down on us:
Dressed in his cavalry hat and medals pinned onto his shirt, the former 1st Cavalry Division sergeant stood quietly and stared at the rows of names.
Moments later, when he began to leave, I asked him why he came to the memorial for Veterans Day.
"I feel that I owe it to my friends who are on this wall over here and to give them the respect that they deserve," said Fredenburg, who lives in Atlanta.
He told me he had served in Hue and lost a few buddies during his tour in 1968-1969. One, in particular, was Cpl. Donald Olsen.
Both men deployed to Vietnam around the same time and were placed in the same platoon.
"We kind of paired up," Fredenburg said. "We just hit it off real well."
During one mission, he and Olsen were ordered to investigate a cave possibly used by the enemy in a place called Rocket Ridge. He and Olsen were parallel to each other as they flanked each side of the cave. All of a sudden, a shot rang out.
"Right through the heart and that was it," he recalled of his friend's fatal wound. "That could have been me on that side.
"That's the main reason I come up here."
I then shook his hand and thanked him as he left the memorial. After all, he was one of the reasons I also came here.