{"id":923,"date":"2008-11-02T23:41:56","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T03:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=923"},"modified":"2008-11-03T14:27:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T18:27:14","slug":"lest-we-forget-col-john-ripley-usmc-ret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/02\/lest-we-forget-col-john-ripley-usmc-ret\/","title":{"rendered":"Lest We Forget: Col. John Ripley USMC (ret.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Col. John Ripley USMC (ret.) passed away today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From Examiner.com:<\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, Md.<\/span> – 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.<\/p>\n

Ripley’s son, Stephen Ripley, said his father was found at his Annapolis home Saturday after missing a speaking engagement on Friday. The son said the cause of death had not been determined but it appeared his father died in his sleep.<\/p>\n

In a videotaped interview with the U.S. Naval Institute for its Americans at War program, Ripley said he and about 600 South Vietnamese were ordered to “hold and die” against 20,000 North Vietnamese soldiers with about 200 tanks.<\/p>\n

“I’ll never forget that order, ‘hold and die’,” Ripley said. The only way to stop the enormous force with their tiny force was to destroy the bridge, he said. Read the rest…<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here the U.S. Naval Institute’s “Americans at War” video about Colonel Ripley.<\/p>\n

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Fair winds and following seas Colonel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Col. John Ripley USMC (ret.) passed away today. From Examiner.com: 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[252,224],"tags":[287,289,1375,288],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-lest-we-forget","category-military","tag-col-john-ripley","tag-dong-ha","tag-lest-we-forget","tag-vietnam-war","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-eT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1333,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/08\/lest-we-forget-gaspar-musso\/","url_meta":{"origin":923,"position":0},"title":"Lest We Forget: Gaspar Musso","author":"Jeff","date":"January 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a story that will undoubtedly bring a tear to your eye and warm your heart... 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