COL (R) Russell Bodine

COL (R) Russell Bodine sat down with me for Heroes I Know. Sixty minutes. He still feels like theirs.

He told the assignment officer he wanted the Infantry Advanced Course and the 82nd. That is what he wanted. 3-4. Largest airborne operation to put in the air since Market Garden. His first MSM. The Infantry guys were upset. They had been planning it long before he showed up.

Battery command by December. A line of people waiting for that seat. Then 2-1 S3 for OIF-1. They swallowed fourteen batteries at one time. Then the gig as speechwriter.

Patriot is different. You are doing something they are not doing. He was proud of 2-1. It is still not 3-4. They still feel like he is theirs. Thank you, sir. That is why we hit record. Get the story on tape before we are too old or too sick to tell it.