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- Dock grew up in Acme, Tx (five miles west of Quanah) and spent a lot of kid-time watching trains from the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad. The FW&D trains included the sleek passenger — Zephyr. The local train was the Quanah, Acme, and Pacific Railroad. Purely a freight line, the QA&P was often called the “Quit Arguing & Push”.
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- Dock was born in Quanah, Texas, which was named for the last Fighting Chief of the Comanches.
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- Sign hanging on Dorm 3 in the “Quad” area signaled the location of D Company, 1st Battle Group, 1st Brigade. Known as Spider D, this was home during Dock’s Aggie Corps days.
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- Spider D 62ers Dorm 1 Lounge. (1960)
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- L-R: Frank Hall, Tom Ralph, Dock Burke and Tom Carpenter (1962)
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- Dock Burke and Frank Hall. Aggie Senior Class of 1962.
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- Burke and Commandant Colonel Joe Davis. (1962)
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- Dock Burke as a senior cadet at Texas A&M.
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- Captain Ben Trail, U.S. Army, in Vietnam. (1967)
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- Dock Burke and Ben Trail (1986)
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- Ready for a Willie Nelson 4th of July bash in the early 70s.
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- Mickey Holmes and Dock Burke coach College Station Little League Giants. (1977)
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- Veterans Memorial in Quanah.
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- Lee Burke talk on Veterans Day. (2011)
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- Markers at the Veterans Memorial in Quanah for Dock Burke and Lee Burke.
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- Burke and members of the class of 1963 Spider D Corps of Cadets during a reunion in 2013.
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- Tom and Joyce Glenn (2010)
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- Dr. John Abbott and his wife Nancy in 2006. John studied economics at A&M and Tulane. He was a career economist with World Bank and U.S. Government.
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- Tulane economics graduate Dr. Sue Okubo and her husband Ron Washington in 2010.
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- Dock and Don Paxton. Friends from days at Tulane graduate school days, Dr. Paxton was a retired Professor of Economics from Jacksonville State University. (2006)
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- Tom Humphrey and Dock, friends from grad student days at Tulane University economics. Dr. Humphrey is retired from the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank.
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- (L-R) Judy Hall, Sandy Cepica, Jodie Eichblatt. (2012)
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- Dock with ’62 mates Jim Eickenloff and Steve Graef at the Rudder Tower Faculty Club in 2012.
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- Roger Beaumont and Herb Richardson share an inside joke.
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- Dock with John and Sue Robertson in 2010. Sue is a former TTIer and is now Director of Communication and External Relations at the Bush School. John is a TAMU Professor of Political Science.
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- Dock and Karen Burke with Judy and Frank Hall Class of ’62 at a reception at the Faculty Club in 2012. Dock and Frank were roommates during the freshman year…and friends forever.
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- Classmates Dock and Jim Davis in Bastrop, TX. (2009)
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- Classmate Rick McPherson and Dock at Kyle Field. (2006)
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- Classmate David Jochetz and Dock at the MSC Drill Field. (2000)
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- “Dock Rushmore” as rendered by John Hobbs.
Grate pics
My Papa was a grate man
Dear Jamie,
I read your comments and was delighted you enjoyed looking at some of the photos on my retirement webpage
Your Papa was indeed a great man….soldier, friend, and family.
We all will miss him forever.
Love to you and your Grandmother from all of us Aggies in Texas….
Especially
Dock and Karen