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ly respected Richmond attorney now.
“Freddie Cobb was a great kid,” he said.
“A prince”, I said. “And the best dropkicker I ever saw”.
Freddie was quarterback and I was his center for a couple of football seasons. In T-Formation, that is a close relationship. Very close.
But by the time I was 16 I started running with another crowd, trying to set the Guinness World Record for wild, rebellious, antisocial behavior. I didn’t see much of Freddie after that. He went off to Fork Union Military Academy, did very well, and then became a star quarterback at V.P.I.
I drifted into the 1960’s, unsuccessfully pursuing sex, drugs, and rock and roll. And I got politically active. Freddie became a Marine lieutenant. By 1968, I had come to oppose our policy in Southeast Asia. In that same year, Freddie went to Vietnam.
In August of 1968, Freddie led a platoon into heavy fire to relieve a squadron that was pinned down. Badly wounded, he continued to lead his men forward. Then, in fierce hand-to-hand combat he met his death. But his platoon, inspired by his leadership, carried the position. Posthumously, Freddie received the Navy Cross, our nation’s second highest military honor. He left a wife and a baby son he never saw.
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