1967 was a very good year, in that year a very special group of people were about to graduate from High School.  In a small town, tucked deep within the mountains of Southern WV is located Scott High School, a very special school.  When I think back to Scott High in 1967 I can remember talking with my friend Darrell Dunlap.  Darrell was one of Scott High's exceptional people.  He was not the biggest person in school, he was not the smallest but, pound for pound he was the strongest.  If one looked at Darrell you would say that Darrell reminds me of Bruce Lee, the actor.  Darrell was a great wrestler on a great wrestling team, coached by one of the teachers that made Scott a special school for young men and women.  Darrell would starve for days to get down to a low weight and then eat candy bars to gain strength before a match.  I never saw him lose a match, I only saw him win.  Our little town had two restaurants and each Friday and Saturday night those with cars would drive between each of them, around and around.  Those without cars would hitch rides with those that had cars.  One weekend night, at one of the town restaurants, I was talking with Darrell and telling him I had been rejected from the Air Force.  Our town had a long history of young men and women joining the military.  Whenever our country
needed people, we responded, with our best.  Darrell told me he was joining the US Marine Corps and he said, "I bet the Marine would take you Sam".  The Marines did take me but, while I was on a slow road to Vietnam, Darrell was on a fast road.  To me it was like Darrell had gone into the Marines and directly to Vietnam, the time was so short.  I remember calling my father and him telling me that Darrell had come home from Vietnam.  Darrell was a leader in High School and in everything he did.  He was a happy person full of encouragement for others.  Darrell was a most exceptional person from a special place.  Sometimes God takes our best to be with him.  I know of no name more fitting than Darrell Dunlap to ride on the Stardust spacecraft.