THE WALL OF FACES

In honor of your dedication and sacrifice to our Country, our Corps, and our CAP unit, on 8 August 2024 the CAP Unit Veterans Association will have a brick engraved with your name installed along the walkway of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, at the Dedication of the Combined Action Platoon Monument.
Thank you for your service to our Corps and Country.
Semper Fidelis.

War drew us from our homeland
In the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive remain
in perpetual springtime -- forever young --
And a part of them is with us always.

Rae had the tape player and I had the Roy Clark cassette. We took turns swapping them to each other and bumbing Cool cigs of one another. Saw him back at 2nd CAG just a few days before his passing. What a gentle giant with a most memorable smile. I'm sure we will meet again. Semper Fi.

Dear Lcpl Rae Rippetoe, Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is Labor Day weekend. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

On the remembrance of your 70th birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fi, Marine