Most impessive person you've met?

[SC Pete]

Just a thought for you good folks on this site. Who have you known that really impressed you? I'll start:
I met an old ODA team-mate's father at a wedding. Sat at the same table as him at the reception. Quiet, reserved man. Chatted him up, and after a while he opened up. (It helped that I was military, and had relatives who were German WW2 vets). Turned out he entered the Luftwaffe in '38 as a glider pilot. As the war progressed, he flew ME 109s, FW 190s. Ended up in KG 400, flew the ME 163 Komet, (1 kill) trained in the piloted buzz-bomb (Feisler), shot down a bomber flying a Spitfire (Captured, yeah they did that), and ended the war in a Luft ground unit, almost whacked by a Russian sniper. He was such an unassuming man, told his stories in a reserved manner, self depreciating. Researched his back-round and found that not only was it true, he had held back on his history. Was an ace, with a handful of kills. And a really nice man.
Number 2 was a Special Forces legend Maj Larry Dring. (look it up). He lived near me in SC. Hearing his Viet Nam stories, I knew I had to go SF. He didn't smoke, drink, or swear. Could tell the funniest stories w/out alcohol or cussing. Died the day I left for basic. Really great man.