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Lenny was my best friend. We grew up together since late grade school age. We double-dated, went on various adventures together, and even competed for the same girlfriend once (the one that got away from both of us). We went to rival high schools and there was no end of bragging when one football team "upset" the other. (Although, as I remember it, Northbridge won most of the time!:-)
I will never forget the great times we had when he was stationed in Newport, R.I. The beach, the sand, the girls (of course). Lenny was the kind of guy who would literally give you the shirt off his back. He held no pretensions. He never lacked for courage. His love for God, family and country was evident from his youth and he gave up his life for those precious things. Lenny was a living testimony to his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ and now lives with Him forevermore.
Three times he was wounded for those he loved. The first was shrapnel in the leg. The second, a sucking chest wound from an AK-47. Before the third -- and final -- incident, Lenny had the option to come home. He chose, instead, to return to aid his fellow servicemen as the excellent Navy Corpsman that he was. As a result, the jeep he was riding in hit a land mine and ended Lenny's life here on earth. "Doc" Chesley went to meet that Physician of all physicians, Jesus Christ, on that day.
I miss him still, today.
Glenn P. Peterson USAF and USAFR, TAC 1970-1978 Posted by: Glenn P. Peterson Email: Relationship: Best Friend Wednesday, November 18, 1998
