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wrote on September 4, 2019
Pat entered The Citadel in the Fall of 1963 after I had graduated in June. My wife and I now live in a 119 year old house in Pisgah Forest, NC. The house was once owned by Hamilton Basso who wrote The View From Pompey;s Head. I met Pat for the first time after I was inducted into The Citadel athletic Hall of Fame in 2007. I attended his induction into the same Hall of Fame. When he found out that we owned the house that Basso lived in he said he would send us a few 1st edition Basso books and he did. Those books have a special place on our bookshelf. Pat said Basso (a good friend of Thomas Wolfe) was one of his favorite authors.
Pat and his books will never be forgotten.
Pat and his books will never be forgotten.
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This is a lovely memory for you and for us as well. We cherish all these tidbits of information we gather on Pat. We know this is past but it helps us understand better the man we so loved... Thank you