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Standing in stone

By: Doug Klembara

Issue date: 10/15/08 Section: News
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Joe Wilson, right , son of Pinky Wilson, said a word of thanks to all the people who helped establish the J.V. "Pinky" Wilson statue, right, Saturday morning outside the Corp Center, Pinky Wilson wrote the Aggie War Hymn while standing guard on the Rhine River in 1918.
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Aggie '04

posted 10/15/08 @ 6:20 AM CST

I guess we can blame the terrible editing on not having a journalism department anymore, but I'm pretty sure everyone on the Batt staff is an Aggie (and should be able to read/write English) and therefore should know that it's the Corps not the Corp. (Continued…)

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'07 Ag

posted 10/15/08 @ 11:18 AM CST

"Standing in Stone", while the statue clearly appears to be made out of metal.

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Larry Wilson

posted 1/10/09 @ 8:42 PM CST

I'm a great, great, nephew of James Vernon "Pinky" Wilson residing with my family in the Philadelphia, PA area. As I child I used to visit my uncle Vernon's ranch and found him to be one of the finer gentlemen I've ever known. (Continued…)

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