Op/Ed: On Memorial Day, A Beer For Billy
By Walt Herbert, Special to The Times
When Memorial Day comes I think about Billy Rountree, the star center fielder on my high school baseball team who was destroyed in Vietnam. Two of my teammates were killed in Vietnam; Billy had worse luck coming home. When the team got together in later years, we would raise a ceremonial glass and say “A Beer for Billy.”
The Rountrees were a decent and...
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