Elegy for Ken

Authors

David Martine AldridgeFollow

Document Type

1961-1980 Army

Date

2021

Date of Submission

September 2025

Keywords

Mighty Pen Project, Veteran, Poem

Abstract

Poem about Ken Mick, who served as a Cobra Gunship pilot in the Vietnam War. Ken was a member of the Mighty Pen Project class until his sudden passing in November 2021. All of our MPP class members remember Ken as a loving and intelligent man who gave everything he had to serve America and his comrades.

We will always miss him.

Author Biography

David Martine Aldridge served in the U.S. Army from December 1965 to 31 March 1988.

Retired as a Sergeant First Class E-7.

Then he served as a U.S. Army Civilian from September 1988 until October 2010.

Rights

© The Author(s)

Is Part Of

Mighty Pen Project