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NOTES FROM PIPEY'S CORNER
Volume X Number 1
'THE COLDEST WINTER I EVER SPENT...'
...Was July in San Francisco.' So wrote Mark Twain over a hundred years ago, and he was pretty close. Not much going pipingwise this month or next in this area - no competition at all for the Dunsmuir Games, and no Professional events at Monterey/Salinas in August - must be the economy or something.
BUT the Dog Daze of summer are upon us already; minor heat waves, power outages to come (YES? NO?) and who knows what is out there lurking among the clan tents???
Major
CHARLES SHERWOOD III USMCRet
1941-2002
Courage - Integrity - Pride - Loyalty
1st Lt. Charles Sherwood, Jan. 1965, shortly before joining 3/9, 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa |
On June 23rd my brother lost his last battle at the age of sixty. Charles Sherwood III, known in the family as 'Pug,' died in a VA hospital in New Jersey. A graduate of Yale, he was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps in 1963. He took part in the first Marine landing at Da Nang, Vietnam, in March, 1965, did two tours (3/9 and 2/9) in the 3rd Marine Division before he was severely wounded near Cu Bai in Feb. 1966. Decorated with the Bronze Star (with V) and two Purple Hearts, he was placed on Reserve status for the rest of his military career. He joined Chemical Bank in 1966 and married in 1967 Anne Isherwood; their daughter Kathy was born in July 1968. He served the bank for over twelve years overseas in Manila and Jakarta; during that time his Reserve duties included liaison with the Philippine Marines, the Irish Guards and the Gurkha Rifles in Indonesia, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. For several years he led a batallion of Philippine Marines in counterinsurgency in southern Luzon. |
In 1981 he returned to the US and soon formed CS Associates, investment counsellors.
My brother was an avid fly fisherman, bird hunter, and woodsman who spent his leisure time at the Tunxis Club in Massachusetts for many years; his interests included military history, Highland games, cooking, and the Vietnam Veterans associations.
He was a devoted father and doting grandfather who wanted to do so much with his grandchildren. That is no longer possible. Strangely, this makes four generations in my family that have lost at least one grandparent early. He will be sorely missed by his friends and family. The tune following was played at his funeral:
Ar Dheis De go ramh an anam uasail
BLACK PART will speak later this month
