Colonel Maggie Raye

[echoes]

Originally Posted by greenberetTFS

Forgot to mention yesterday that Maggie died 16 years ago on Oct 19 1994,but she has not been forgotten...............

Big Teddy

Colonel Maggie Raye was and is, a one of a kind!

She will never be forgotten!!!

Holly

[Gypsy]

Rest in Peace, Colonel. You were one of a kind, never to be forgotten.

[f50lrrp]

Marina, California has an annual "All Airborne" Reunion and for three years in a row, Maggie attended the event. Colonel Jim Beard and I had the honor of drivig Maggie in Beard's restored WWII Jeep in the Parade to the Marina VFW club.

My son, Chris, was 10 years old and wearing kids fatigues with all of my authorized badges on them. Maggie gave him a kiss and allowed him to wear her "Green Beret" in the parade. Chris didn't care that the rank on his fatigues was for an SFC and the rank on the beret was for an LTC...