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That reminds me of my cousin Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Albert C. Huddy. As a young Sergeant in Vietnam he was a rifle squad leader. During a fire fight he was hit multiple times and evacuated to a Battalion aid station. The next day his platoon leader went to the aid station to visit with all his wounded and was told Chuck was dead. He demanded to see Chuck and after much arguing was taken to a tent where the dead were stacked in body bags. He unzipped Chuck’s body bag and immediately saw that Chuck was alive. We in the family learned of this story when his platoon leader, then a retired Colonel, delivered Chuck’s eulogy over 40 years later. Chuck went on to serve a second tour in Vietnam, serve in the Old Guard and as the NCOIC of my father’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, and later as the CSM of the Old Guard.