Posted by Tim Gulliford on November 2, 2008 at 8:07pm
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 Sunday.Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_re_us/obit_ripley
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