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lt. Col. edward gregory ’51 Col. robert lockwood ’52 lt. John Bartol ’56
‘i maDe a promise to eaCh oF mY guYs’
lt. Col. walter Brothers ’57 lt. wells Doty ’58 Capt. Henry Marx ’59 Col. David Dingee ’62 Col. william Johnson ’72 Maj. John rogers ’79 lt. Clyde Haig ’83 Maj. Allen Haight ’88 Maj. Clarke rogers ’88 Duncan Boothby ’89 Maj. John Cortes ’90 Maj. David Haight ’90 Timothy waterbury ’92 Thomas Maye ’93 Capt. Caleb weiss ’94
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a year later, in the spring of
undersell that to yourself
or MoST SolDIerS
2008, he was deployed to
during your time at Bruns-
deployed during the war in
Iraq as a platoon leader.
wick. You learn a lot from
Iraq, the injury would have been a “golden Ticket” —
but not for Scott weston ’03.
In Iraq, Scott completed nearly 150 combat missions and
each other.” The assembly in Baker Theater
earned a Bronze Star for distin-
touched an emotional note when
guished service in combat — our
weston asked those assembled for
weston recalled, addressing Upper
nation’s 4th highest individual
a moment of silence, prefaced by
School students assembled in
military award.
a heartfelt thank you to everyone
“That’s not why I joined,”
Baker Theater on Veterans Day.
Following his combat injury,
who is serving or has served our
“I wanted to stay. I had made a
Scott received permission
country — fathers, sons, brothers,
promise to each of my guys that I
to remain in the field as a mentor
mothers, daughters, sisters.
would bring each and every one of
to an incoming group of soldiers.
them home.”
This allowed him to stay on, pro-
Brunswick honored living alumni
tect, and eventually accompany his
and faculty who have served in the
platoon home to the States.
U.S. Armed Forces, including:
For weston, the September 11, 2001, attacks on the world Trade Center towers were an unquestionable turning point — coming as his sophomore year at Brunswick began.
Capt. Samuel keis ’04 Matthew Blumenthal ’04 Carter Harris ’05 lt. Colin raymond ’07 Michael Blumenthal ’07 garrett long ’08 Christian Schott ’09 Michael Chronert ’12 For more photos, visit bwick.org/tob_winter2014
It was an experience, he said, far he could be pushed. Discussing the foundation on which he became a soldier, Scott
was active in the reserve officers' ’
referred to his being one of “the
Training Corps (roTC).
boys of Brunswick.”
He graduated as a 2nd lieu-
everett weston ’03
that taught him his limits and how
wake Forest University, where he
tenant in the U.S. Army. less than
Paul white ’03
Throughout his talk, Scott
he wouldn’t trade for the world.”
wick in 2003, Scott enrolled at
Shane Heller ’03
referred to his time serving our
casualties and the gross imposition
After graduating from Bruns-
Paul Steube ’02
most proud of in my life,” he said.
country in Iraq as “an experience
to make a difference.
Capt. edward Hubbard ’02
“That, to this day, is what I’m
enraged by the thousands of on American freedom, he resolved
with a short slideshow,
Maj. Nathan raymond ’99
“I think we’re all pretty extraordinary people,” he said. “Don’t
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