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In December 1966, Army Captain Sam Bird’s one-year tour of duty in Vietnam was coming to an end. He was set to be transferred from a combat zone in which he had been operating to a safe zone in the rear and then sent home.
18 hours ago · Sam deeply loved the U.S. Army and traditions. Few of the men knew it, but he had been in charge of a special honors unit of the Old Guard, which serves at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery and participates in the Army’s most solemn ceremonies.
Sam Bird was the commanding officer to casket detail for President Kennedy. Shown here it the head of the casket, Bird was stationed at Ft. Meyer on November 22, 1963 when he got the call to meet Air Force One to receive the body of the President.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS FINE YOUNG UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICER WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE. The last graduate of THE CITADEL to die from his Vietnam War wounds was Major SAMUEL RICHARD BIRD, Class of 1961.
He had graduated from The Citadel, South Carolina's proud old military school. If ever a man looked like a leader, it was Sam Bird. He was tall and lean, with penetrating blue eyes. But the tedium and terror of a combat zone take far sterner qualities than mere appearance.
Nov 20, 2013 · The Citadel graduate Sam Bird (center) was the first lieutenant who took hold of President Kennedy's casket when his guard faltered coming out of St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on...
Dec 1, 2013 · A Wichitan named Sam Bird. An Army lieutenant, he met the president’s body when it was flown from Dallas to Andrews Air Base, stood guard while the body was autopsied and then headed the...
