His stone in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery reads:
Charles G. Clinger
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
Vietnam
June 6, 1944 – April 11, 1993
“It is better to have lived one day as a lion than one thousand days as a sheep.”
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
Reviewed by: Michael Howard