Like Thomas Magnum, I had never been to the Wall. I went into the memorial, down the walk, looking at the names beside me. A walk all Americans should try to make. I stopped short when I saw it. 2LT Ronald M. Montapert. I can’t even try to describe the emotions, the memories, that flashed through my mind. Ron was my Sigma Chi fraternity brother. He was one of the seven of us who went through our fraternity’s Hell Week initiation together. Ron was a self-described surfer dude whose favorite word was radical. He was gung ho about everything in life.
