Richmond Nail

Got it right! I thank you so very much for your expertise and for our one on one conversation that we shared. You are a legend forever!

I stand corrected, it was SERE Class 7-89 that I attended.

Class 11-89 SERE. My squad wasn´t blown up as we maneuvered through the Razor Wire, due to you pulling me aside and showing me the reed trick. It worked. I felt the wires and then guided those behind me successfully through the course. You were one of a kind and your positive attitude drove us all onward. I remember you saying, "I got one eye, one kidney, and half a foot, and if I can do this then all of you can too!" RLTW

I drove and was radioman for Ret.CSM Nail in Hawaii out at East Range in 1985. Very humble man,very quiet about his career. But definitely had a presence of graceful greatness about him.

Richmond and I served together for almost two years on ODA-591, C Company, 3rd BN, 5th SFGA. I was the Team Leader and he was the Team Sergeant. Later as Commander, ODB-591, Richmond was one of my Team Sergeants for over a year. During our over three years together he was the best Team Sergeant I served with, which includes both 10th & 5th SGFA. He was a true American Patriot and a loyal friend. Richmond, MSG (R) Jim Parker, and I spent a lot of time together and conducted several OCONUS...

He was a pleasant man.

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.