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After duty recreation
Fri, 03/06/2009 - 1:45pm
WE HAD SOME HELLACIOUS WINTER BLIZZARDS WHILE ATTENDING FUMA AND THE SPORT THEN TURNED INTO SNOW BALL BATTLES BETWEEN SNEAD HALL, MEMORIAL HALL, THE MAPLES AND THE PG'S LIVING IN THE PX BLDG. TO SAY THINGS KINDA GOT OUTTA HAND IS THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR. COL CROCKETT (THE CMDT) WOULD GET RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE 0F THE FRACAS, WE ALL THOUGHT BECAUSE HE ENJOYED THE SNOW BUT LATER FOUND OUT HE WAS THERE TO MAKE CERTAIN THINGS DIDN'TGET OUT OF HAND. IN ANY EVENT, WE MADE CERTAIN MANY SNOWBALLS WENT HIS WAY. IT WAS FUN AND MADE TIME PASS A LITTLE QUICKER
AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, FRANK CROCKETT WAS PUT ON THIS EARTH TO ADMINISTER TO AND TEACH YOUNG MEN. I THINK HE MAY HAVE SAVED MY LIFE BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN MY EARLY YEARS.
AFTER I LEFT FORK UNION, I HAD A CHANCE TO REPAY HIS KINDNESS AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, I BLEW IT. I LET THIS GOOD AND GRACIOUS MAN DOWN TERRIBLY AND I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN IT. KARL SCHELHAMMER, FUMA 48
Fri, 03/06/2009 - 4:23pm
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After duty recreation
Like I've said many times before, this man was like a father to me. He always had a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye. (Except when his daughter ran off with the local swain) Tough but always fair. The truth would always keep you straight, but DON'T EVER GIVE HIM A FALSE OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
I never fail to visit him, "up the road", when I visit FUMA. This man was truly one of the backbones of Fork Union Military Academy. May he and his lovely wife rest in peace.

