Richard C. Rescorla Memorial - Millington, NJ - 9/11 Memorial Sites on Waymarking.com

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The memorial is a brass placque on a wooden post in front of the bald eagle exhibit. On the post below the placque is a yellow and white ribbon that reads "We Remember"

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Col. Richard C. Rescorla
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A Hero's Life (and Death)

Legendary Vietnam warrior. Poet and quoter of Shakespeare and Proust. Criminal justice professor. Screenplay author.

Col. Richard C. Rescorla, the head of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's individual investor group, was a big man who lived large and died a hero, barking out orders on a megaphone in a smoke-choked stairwell and personally seeing to it that Morgan Stanley lost only 6 of its 3,700 employees on Sept. 11.

Colonel Rescorla, 62, was carrying out the evacuation plan he had drawn up and repeatedly rehearsed after the 1993 bombing.

He grew up in England, joined the British Army, and moved here in 1963 to fight with the United States Army in Vietnam. He led a platoon through the notorious valley of Ia Drang, where more than 200 American soldiers died; a battlefield photo of him graces the cover of the 1992 best seller "We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young."

At a gathering of Ia Drang veterans in 1992, Colonel Rescorla, who leaves a wife and two children in Morristown, N.J., described his vision of facing death:

"A man is dying down there in the valley, and what do you do? You hold him in your arms and you say to him ‹ it's all you can say to him ‹ you say: 'You're not alone, son. You're not alone.' And he's gone."

Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on October 31, 2001.

Private or Public Monument?: Private Text on the memorial: In loving memory of my sweetheart, my soulmate forever, my Celtic hero in life and our hero in death RICHARD C. RESCORLA May 27, 1939 - Sept. 11, 2001 Just like the eagle, you have spread your wings, and have soared into eternity. Physical address of memorial: 1390 White Bridge Road Millington, NJ USA 07946 Date of Dedication: Not listed Name of organization that built the memorial: Not listed Additional coordinates: Not Listed Website for more information: Not listed

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