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Mother's gold star son honored by lifelong friends and kin
Oleta Smith of Dumas bonds with Warren Smith’s three life savers Jack Wesson Lynn Hughes and David Eggleston from Florida Alabama and California. They met in Vietnam 1968 and stayed connected through decades visiting Texas and California. Smith, 97, recalls her boy’s leadership and courage as the world remembers him.
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Dumas
Oleta Smith
Florida
Alabama
California
Green Beret
Warren Smith
Smith
Jack Wesson
Jacksonville
Ala
Lynn Hughes
Melbourne
Fla
David Eggleston
Sebastopol
Calif
Darlac Province
Special Forces Airborne
Special Forces
Hughes
Gallup
Oleta
Ben
Warren
First Baptist Church
James Warren Smith
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Vietnam
Eggleston
Smitty
Hillcrest Elementary
Texas
Dumas High School
Demons
Texas A&m
Wayland Baptist
Wesson and Eggleston
Wesson
Buddy
State Capitol
Austin
Egglestons
Texas Rangers
Spt