Sirs and Curs of the CSA and USA (respectively),
I return to the Mason Dixon Tavern after a 4 year(ish) absence on a sad mission.
ACWGC records appear to record my friend, Brig. Gen. Larry Kocher ANV (formerly AoG) as 'Active in the Field'.
It is my sad duty to report that Larry passed away in his beloved Oregon, on or around December 11th, 2014. (
I had been ill for a while before this date and had lost touch with Larry - unfortunately, I cannot be more specific as to the exact date).
I would respectfully request that Larry be accorded full honours of the Club and his passionately beloved CSA and that his name be entered on the 'Fallen Comrades' rolls of the ACWGC.
Larry was an irascible and friendly foe. We played quite a few manoeuvres together and even when we took a rest from meeting each other on the Field, we mailed often. As no doubt in real life, he will be missed by those of us who knew him here.
To keep 'those people' confuddled and bemused he posted on the boards as 'Caliban'.
Please raise a glass and spare a moment's thought for a mischievous companion on the dusty Civil War trail and a courteous - if irreverent - opponent.
One of those men that have made the ACWGC, the great institution it is ......
"To Brig. Gen. Larry Kocher, CSA --- Happy Trails Suh!"
<SALUTE!>
General Patrick Carroll,
Army of Georgia
(
To Hell with what the Brass say .......
)