My blogging friend at Don’t Ever Put Down The Pen! lost his son in the Global War on Terrorism last August. I first met Ed Kirkpatrick online when he read something I had written about Forward Operating Base Falcon. Both of our sons were based there during the same time period.

Details Magazine has done a profile on his son, Sergeant Scott Kirkpatrick that has just been published.

Here’s what Ed writes about the article …

Last September, though a friend, Marti and I were contacted by a writer for Details Magazine, Ian Daly. Details was undertaking to profile twelve fallen soldiers over the next year and Ian hoped we might consent to his writing a story about Scott. Not knowing either Details or Ian Daly, I went to the magazine’s website. I was not impressed so our answer was, “Thank-you, no.”

After hearing our response, Ian respectfully thanked us but made one more appeal. He understood our reaction to the website, as it is targeted at young men, 18-30 and frankly is just a little trashy. Whatever the reason is for the dichotomy, the magazine is more tasteful, still targeted at the same demographic, but more like its sister publication, GQ. Ian sent us some samples of articles and interviews he has written over the last couple of years and after reading these, we agreed to meet with him at a memorial poetry reading in Scotts’ honor.

Marti and I took an instant liking to Ian and so we spent a full day with him riding around the area showing him all the places where Scott had grown up and lived before he enlisted and talking and remembering. The day ended up at our home with one of Marti’s famous dinners of oven fried chicken, seasoned rice, fresh asparagus and her homemade apple pie for dessert. The meal was Scott’s favorite. That was in September and Ian still talks about that pie!.

Today, the January issue of Details Magazine, with Ian Daly’s profile of Scott hit the newsstands. Ian did a wonderful job and we think anyone who knew Scott would be interested to read this piece. Be sure to read the printed article and not the web-version as the end product is much nicer there are lots more photos, including me in my famous fairy suit….! but if you insist, here is the link… The Fallen: Sergeant Scott Kirkpatrick

Boy that pie sure paid off! Thanks Ian!

I hope you will go by and give it a read.