re: #227 Obdicut

I was so, so sad when they announced the closure. Please know that the citizens of San Fransisco were proud to host you, and dearly loved you. It’s just not the same these days.

My favorite thing about the cemetery there is that it shows the democracy of our Army: my grandfather, a captain, is buried next to a private, and a Major General— William F. Dean, a winner of the Medal of Honor.

And all three have simple white headstones.

General Dean was true lead-from-the-front officer. When 3.5 inch Super Bazookas were airlifted to Korea in 1950, he personally led an anti-tank team in order to show his men that the t-34/85 could be destroyed by this new weapon. His anti-tank teams destroyed 27 T-34s during the fighting in Teajon. Though his 24 ID was forced to retreat, they did so in good order, the Norks being too battered to pursue.