Retired General Recalls First Death Under His Command

Memorial Day is for remembering those who gave their lives for their country. But retired general Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, remembers Guido Farinaro every day.

"I was a second lieutenant," Pace told a spellbound dinner audience as he recounted the first marine to die under his command in Vietnam in 1968. "He was a lance corporal. I was 22. He was 19."
Pace said Guido was killed by a sniper.

"I was holding Guido when he died. Like children and grandchildren, the first, somehow, is more special."

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