SFC (R) Clay Wilson

SFC (R) Clay Wilson sat down with me for Heroes I Know. Seventy-one minutes. Smokes and jokes. 82nd whiskey on the shelf.

Columbia City, Indiana. By Fort Wayne. We are all proud of where we are from. He is.

Joe Stout talks about him. A lot. Wilson go, the team chief said, on one of those three-day jumps where you fight the whole time. He took off. He had never seen anything like it.

He called the schoolhouse. Can I come down. Sergeant major asked if he wanted to jump again. Yes. If he does, he is crippled the rest of his life. The back is screwed. He still says yes. He still says no.

Grenadier cigar. He used to smoke a couple a day. Glad he does not so much anymore. Figured he would smoke one while he talked with me. Sergeant First Class Wilson signing out. Thank you, Clay. That is why we hit record. Get the story on tape before we are too old or too sick to tell it.