Lex is gone. He will be missed.
Lex is gone.
USNI has a fitting tribute to the man. And ID does a good job too. Read them here and here.
His passing disturbs me.
I never met the guy, I only read his blog but this unsettles me.
I can't figure out why.
Prayers go to his family...his wife, daughter and son.
He will be missed.
Captain LeFon was a great man. I cruised with him on the USS Constellation where he was the Operations Officer and I was in VMFA-323. As an O-6 he was very approachable and affable. He truely loved being around other pilots and always had time to shoot the shit. I also flew with him a couple of times when he was able to get away from the ship and bag some time in Miramar before we went on cruise. Our flight equipment shop re-did his helmet without asking and took off half of his Navy decorations (from his CO tour) and put on the patented VMFA-232 rattlesnake pattern. Our CO at the time was pissed but Capt LeFon said "I love it!, lets go fly!"
ReplyDeleteYou will be missed.
RIP Sir!
ya know, it comes through in his writing. he could sure turn a phrase but i always got the feeling that he was one of the boys.
ReplyDeleteno pretense.
no airs.
just real deal 100% good guy.