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Old friend and OCS classmate Russell Wheat recently donated a large sum to his favorite charity, the Methodist Children’s Home, a Waco orphanage, "in memory of thirty-seven men of 3rd Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry, killed in action in Viet Nam 1968-1969." This was an illustrious outfit of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade–which patrolled around Saigon and Bien Hoa–apparently, in fact, Russ’s own platoon. I’m going to call and ask him about it this afternoon. Meanwhile, I will repeat the memorial here. R.I.P.