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SGT Rock
04-29-2007, 09:09
I got an e-mail from the Japanese version of PBS.. They are working on a documentary about the AT and are looking for some information about the AT. One of the things they asked me was about a past hiker who was also a Marine and was one of the first casualties of the war. I have to admit I do not know him, but apparently he may have been a past AT hiker or thru-hiker. So I am looking to see if anyone out there knows him from the trail.

His name is Lt Terry Shane Childers (I think he went by Shane). Here is a link that includes pictures of him: http://www.citadel.edu/pao/newsreleases/war/Shane_ctnow.html

Other than that, I think they may be at Trail Days - so be on your best behavior.:rolleyes:

Smile
04-29-2007, 09:33
SGT, check your PM's.

Frolicking Dinosaurs
04-29-2007, 09:45
::: dino erects 12-foot privacy fence around Billville :::

From the history at the link, this fellow must have hiked the AT back in the late 1990's? Here are links to the pics of him -- maybe someone here will recognize him:
From 2001 (http://www.citadel.edu/pao/newsreleases/war/graphics/Childers.jpg)
Another pic (http://www.citadel.edu/pao/newsreleases/war/graphics/childers_informal.jpg)
Senior pic from high school (http://mi-cache.legacy.com/legacy/images/FallenSoldiers/Photos/CHILDERS__MSGUL101_1YCDZ.jpg)

SGT Rock
04-29-2007, 20:03
SGT, check your PM's.
I don't see any new ones.

fiddlehead
05-01-2007, 00:26
One of the things they asked me was about a past hiker who was also a Marine and was one of the first casualties of the war. .:rolleyes:

I wonder what war they're talking about? WWII, Vietnam, Korean, Gulf or the present one? If it's WWII, that should make the job of finding out something about him a little easier perhaps?

Frolicking Dinosaurs
05-01-2007, 08:47
I wonder what war they're talking about? WWII, Vietnam, Korean, Gulf or the present one? If it's WWII, that should make the job of finding out something about him a little easier perhaps?From the article "a Marine lieutenant killed during the opening hours of Operation Iraqi Freedom, shot in the stomach while leading his platoon in an assault on a pumping station at the Rumeila oil fields of southern Iraq." and "Shane was born in West Virginia in 1972"

Trail Yeti
05-01-2007, 10:43
I didn't know Lt. Childers....but I went to ARS with Capt. Hutchison....how random is that?

SGT Rock
05-01-2007, 11:24
6 degrees of seperation dude.

hammock engineer
05-01-2007, 11:43
I remember reading something here about someone who put on presentations at either a gathering or TD who did not make it back from Iraq. I'm not sure, but this might be the same person.