Vietnam War veteran, 83, wears his dress blues to stand guard over his Marine buddy's casket after they made promise to each other in 1968 when they survived a mortar attackDaily Mail/UK, Nov 16, 2017
An 83-year-old retired Marine kept a promise he made to a fellow officer while they were hunkered down in a bunker during the Vietnam War.
Retired Marine Master Sgt. William H. Cox and Retired Marine First Sgt. James 'Hollie' Hollingsworth were shielding themselves from rockets and mortars in 1968 as they were fighting in the Marble Mountains during the war on New Year's Eve.
The two men, who were strangers to each other, had decided if they made it out of the bunker and survived the war, they would contact each other every New Year's Eve. For the next five decades they kept that promise - every New Year's Eve they would catch up.
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While visiting, Hollingsworth asked his buddy to make him one last promise. He asked him to stand guard over his casket and deliver the eulogy at his funeral, to which Cox accepted.
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