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Former UGA great and WWII veteran, Cliff Kimsey, dies at the age of 94
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:33 pm
Was UGA's oldest living letterman. Served in the Army in the Pacific right after his senior season in 1942 during which time he was the lead blocker for Heisman winner Frank Sinkwich en route to UGA's first claimed national title.
A damn fine dawg and a damn finer American
A damn fine dawg and a damn finer American
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Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:43 pm to tylerdurden24
The Greatest Generation!
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:44 pm to tylerdurden24
RIP, Cliff.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:44 pm to tylerdurden24
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:53 pm to tylerdurden24
Sad, but hard to feel too sad for a man that clearly led a very full life.
Second star on the right, and straight on 'til morning, Cliff.
Second star on the right, and straight on 'til morning, Cliff.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:54 pm to tylerdurden24
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:56 pm to tylerdurden24
RIP and Thank you for your service Sir. God's speed.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:56 pm to tylerdurden24
Spent 2 days in/on the Normandy coast/region 2 weeks ago. Went to Omaha Beach, the American Cemetery @ Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Point Du Hoc & Juno Beach. Also visited St. Michel....
Humbling experience, do it if you get the chance...
Humbling experience, do it if you get the chance...
Posted on 5/12/16 at 2:59 pm to dallasga6
That and Iwo Jima are on my list of places I need to go.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 3:01 pm to skrayper
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Sad, but hard to feel too sad for a man that clearly led a very full life.
Hard to imagine nowadays a world in which your favorite college football players can reach the highest of heights on the gridiron and, upon receiving their degree, are immediately enlisted into the armed services to fight in the world's greatest and bloodiest war with the great potential of never being seen alive again.
Even harder to imagine the things such an individual learned over such a long life with that experience. I hope his grandchildren and great grandchildren took every moment to appreciate him.
Posted on 5/12/16 at 3:27 pm to tylerdurden24
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Hard to imagine nowadays a world in which your favorite college football players can reach the highest of heights on the gridiron and, upon receiving their degree, are immediately enlisted into the armed services to fight in the world's greatest and bloodiest war with the great potential of never being seen alive again.
I thank God we haven't been faced with this sort of conflict. Not because I don't think our kids cannot deal with it, they can. But because the sheer waste of life is appalling.
France still, to this day, has not recovered from the losses of WWI, much less WWII. It might be centuries and a dramatic change in the world before they do. They probably won't though.
It is terrible to think of all the great young men and women that fought and died in the Second World War and what they could have accomplished had they lived.
Some wars have to be fought. Kimsey fought that war and helped to save the world. He is a credit to America and Georgia.
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