“I ain’t no baby”
July 14, 2007: an American hero was killed in action. His name was Specialist Christopher D. Kube, and he was only 18 years old.
SPC Kube was killed by a roadside bomb as he manned the gunner’s turret in a humvee on its way to a meeting between religious rivals. His platoon sergeant, SSG Byron-Griffin remembers him, “What are you doing here? You’re a baby.’ He looked me straight in my eye, with his chest poked out like he does, and he said, `I’m 17, and I ain’t no baby. I’m a man.”‘
May this young hero rest in peace.
Christopher D. Kube: b. September 7, 1988 d. July 14, 2007
July 21st, 2007 at 1:46 am
this makes me so sad , i am so going to worry about you when you go stay safe don
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I’m proud of him, and I’m glad he got to do something that made him proud as well. I’ll raise my glass to him but shed no tears. I don’t think he would have appreciated it.