One of the greatest men I have ever known, shot and killed himself this Father's Day/Flag Day. He grew up fatherless and was raised by a mother who didn't have time for him.

Rodney Eric Utley

He did not feel safe. A simple thing like leaving school books on a coffee table would result with him being beaten and pulled out of bed. He slept with a baseball bat by his bed.

Rodney Eric Utley with Westmoreland
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Rodney Eric Utley with Gen. William Westmoreland.

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