Portrait of Gary Presson in ACU’s in 2007

Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery

I was with Gary during the early, early days of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. I can recall during the Iraq invasion we were driving through Baghdad. Gary was driving the vehicle behind me and I was on the gun turret in the vehicle in front of Gary. All of a sudden an RPG-7 traveled between our vehicles and detonated on an adjacent wall. I can still see the look on Gary’s face of (sh.t that was close). He told me I had the same look. I turned and started firing my machine gun. The space between our vehicles was only about 15ft at the time. How that RPG missed me and Gary and shot between us was hard to comprehend. I last saw Gary a few years ago in Montana. He was at the peak of his life. I’m crushed by his passing. Until Valhalla Gary.. Until Valhalla!!

GARY L PRESSON

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