Unit Commander Makes Largest Brick Purchase to Date
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Oakley (USA-Ret.) recently purchased a total of 215 commemorative bricks— the largest single purchase to date— which will be installed on the grounds of the National Museum of the United States Army. Oakley, who served in the Army for twenty years, explained that he purchased these bricks for members of his family, close friends, and the men he commanded in Company B, 125th Signal Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, in Vietnam. Recalling his service, Oakley noted, “One of the landmark experiences of my life was my tour of duty in Vietnam from February 1967 to February 1968.