A Note From Jon Hassan

I received permission from Jon to post this. Much thanks, brother, for the kind and thoughtful message. I live for these.

"As usual, T-Man, your eloquence expresses a view to within that I could never have come close to capturing.

Not surprising considering my evolutionary trail, which extended from rats to wolverines and eventually to Middle-Eastern Terrorists.

Of course, I was WAY behind on the roadside bombs idea and settled for wreaking havoc by means of roadside gigs (The annual trip to Holland comes to what's left of my mind).

Anyway, You do ALL of us proud with your honest, candid and, in my opinion, very accurate description of the world as we knew it.

Keep up the good work and yes, I'm down with the Facebook addendum."

The last sentence was a response to a question I had on establishing an 8th ID Facebook page. That will be forthcoming. Let's keep this rolling. It's fun.

Terry

Lifers, Show Your Colors!

You knew some enterprising lifer would eventually come up with this.

Get 'em now! Authentic 8th ID Band gear for your Pathfinder side, including the ever-popular Wife Beater T's!

Well, we have to let our Brothers In Arms have their joy. After all, they're the ones who were supposedly backing up our asses while we were patrolling the perimeter with our baseball bats and toking up behind the chapel. But I haven't gotten to that story yet.


If you're really interested in any of this stuff, go to the 'Army Shirts' section of the Cafe Press website and click away. I can't honor them with a link from here with a clear conscience.

I did notice they have a little blurb about accepting suggestions. Well, you know me. I've got several. Start with putting our own little '9' in the blue field; although they'll probably say we have to buy 3 dozen or so of them before they'll do that. Think I'll just slide on over to Wal Mart and get one of those Do-It-Yourself Iron-On kits. I'll be sure to post those results, so stay tuned. Arrrrr!!!!!

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Rocky Zucco 1952-2008

We lost a good friend recently. Here is his published obituary:

SSgt. Peter Joseph “Rocky” Zucco II, U.S. Army, Retired, was born on August 26, 1952 in Santa Barbara, CA to Peter Joseph & Elizabeth Ruth (Hood) Zucco. He passed away September 13, 2008 at the age of 56 from Carcinoid Tumor of the liver. Rocky was preceded in death by his father, Peter Joseph Zucco and his nephew, Johnny Allen Zucco, Jr. He is survived by his loving wife, Margaret A. Zucco of Live Oak; mother, Elizabeth R. Zucco Runyon; son, Robert B. Zucco & wife, Lisa of Alliance, Nebraska; granddaughters, Katelynn & Lauren; brothers, Johnny Allen Zucco, Nevada and Joseph “Joe” Anthony Zucco & wife, Cassie, California; stepbrothers, William Runyon, New York, Richard Runyon, New Mexico, David Runyon, Oregon and Michael Runyon, Louisiana; mother-in-law & father-in-law, Margie & Chris Wilson and brother-in-laws, Lt. Col. Retired, Steve Harrod & wife, Debbie of Plano, TX and David Harrod & wife, Mary of Flower Mound, TX. Rocky retired from the U.S. Army after spending 20 years playing the trumpet in the Army band. He was stationed at Fort Sam Houston twice with the 5th Army Band. He served 3 tours in Germany and when he was not playing his trumpet he was driving tanks. After retirement, Rocky received an Electrical Engineer Degree from ITT in San Antonio and went to work for AMD in Austin. When he returned to San Antonio in 1990 with Army he hooked up with the Hunting program at Camp Bullis and became a Key Volunteer. Adding to this, Rocky played trumpet at the Josephine Theatre, was a member of a Salsa band and played in the San Antonio Municipal Band. But what he really loved was playing his trumpet for the Lord at our church, Community Bible Church. Rocky was a professed Christian and loved his church music ministry. Rocky was a wonderful husband, father and son. He was always a happy, caring, loving person and he had lots of friends. Rocky will be missed immensely. Funeral Services, with military honors, will be held at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 (with visitation being held one hour prior to service) at the Schertz Funeral Home Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to your favorite charity.

Rocky is shown here with his beautiful wife Margaret in 2005. Many thanks to her for the photo.

Rocky was the best. His goodness, his kindness, and his laughter will be with us forever.

Be good to everyone. Rocky was.

Terry