Friend Fulfills Pact
by admin on Sep.16, 2009, under Combat, Tribute
Two young men made a pact. If one outlived the other, the survivor was to wear a dress to the deceased’s funeral. But too soon that pact was honored.
Barry Delaney lost his friend Private Kevin Elliott, who last month was killed in Afghanistan while on foot patrol. He was only 24 years old. Barry went all out in his fulfillment of the pact, donning a lime green dress, pink leg warmers and black boots. As the saluting shots were fired to commemorate a military death, Barry knelt by his friend’s grave and wept.
