A Sea Of Red

thanks to @libertyfootball for the link... great article

http://www.rockdalenews.com/section/1/article/12267/

A Veteran's Story: From bat boy to Tet Offensive
Submitted photo
Army rifleman Mike Morris in the jungles of Vietnam in 1968.


By Pete Mecca news@rockdalenews.com

Conyers resident Mike Morris fought house to house in the Chinese Cholon District of Saigon during the infamous Tet Offensive of '68. Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry (Mechanized), 25th Infantry Division as a rifleman, Morris' normal operational area was Cu Chi, also known as "Hells Half Acre." Yet all he could think about was playing second base...

never knew much about this guy but sounds like a fantastic man. God bless you sir and thank you for your service!

Official Bio: http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm? ... 4&TeamID=9

Mike is a fantastic guy. He's done so much behind the scenes with the football program at liberty.

Figured you'd appreciate that story.

Mike Godsil tweeted basically the same thing about him.

Love this. Hopefully Liberty will take another veteran in there Athletic Dept. soon! Talk about a dream job...

My grandfather loved Mike like a child of his own. Got him started by giving him his first job in baseball and he made the most of it. I remember Mike telling me about how pop would send him Lynchburg newspapers when he was deployed and that small thing kept his spirits high and helped him get through it.

Cant wait to read the article.