FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Hubert Edwards was not one of the active duty personnel sharing the — draw a deep breath here — Second Brigade Combat Team/18th Field Artillery Brigade Consolidated Dining Facility with the Braves Sunday afternoon.
Although that’s not to say he wouldn’t re-enlist if the need arose. Edwards is only 97, after all, an experienced hand with a big gun and, as he’ll be the first to tell you, “I’m in great shape.”
Except for the fact that he is largely deaf thanks to trailing a six-ton, 155 mm howitzer through North Africa, Sicily, Italy and France in World War II.