The man will always be a legend.
Blue Skies.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_re_us/obit_ripley;_ylt=AmLTupgKVtK6eDGY45wFvgCs0NUE
Blue Skies.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_re_us/obit_ripley;_ylt=AmLTupgKVtK6eDGY45wFvgCs0NUE
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Retired Marine Col. John Ripley, who was credited with stopping a column of North Vietnamese tanks by blowing up a pair of bridges during the 1972 Easter Offensive of the Vietnam War, died at home at age 69, friends and relatives said Sunday.