And this is even heavier
What ever happened to Pal Peanut Butter?

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Last evening I returned home from work to a great surprise. Through the years I had hoped that someone would notice my eulogy to my brother and finally someone did. I received the following email and am going to publish it below his obituary. Thank you Lloyd Hickman Chief Supt RCMP retired. From:Lloyd Hickman To:JPayne5744@aol.com Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 9:18 am Mr. Payne I was surfing the net when I came across In Memory of George Payne. I spent nearly 40 years in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police many of those years in VIP Protection. I worked with George when he was stationed at the Embassy in Ottawa and I remember he and Pat with fondness. I also remember the great social events they hosted at there home. I cross paths a few times after George had left Ottawa and I remember how proud he was of the people he trained and how they performed against the Invasion of Kuwait. I retired from the RCMP in 2002 right after the G-8 Summit in Canada were I was in charge of the overall Security. When I saw the notice of his un timely death I felt I should send you a note. I was very fond of George and he was a true professional in the area of protection and he was a good friend of the RCMPolice. Lloyd Hickman Chief Supt RCMP retired Most recently Chief Supt Hickman became involved in testimony regarding a 1985 Air India bombing where Flight 182 exploded over the west coast of Ireland. May 6, 2007 May 28, 2007 December 06, 2007 Regarding the above reference to agents that my brother George had trained I found the following: Barbara Bodine, Career Diplomat A career diplomat who has seen as much action as a battle-worn general, Bodine was the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait for 137 days, including during the Gulf War. She served as the deputy principal officer in Baghdad during the Iran-Iraq War in the early 1980s and was deputy chief of the U.S. mission in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion of the country in 1990. Context of "August 2-4, 1990: Iraq Overruns Kuwait" During Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, she was held hostage at the U.S. Embassy for four months, where she and the other hostages lived on a diet of swimming pool water and tuna fish — a food that she will not touch to this day. She was awarded the Secretary of State's Award for Valor for her work in occupied Kuwait. This was what my brother knew how to do, especially in hostage situations.

Two of George's best DS Buddies I recently came across the Office of Diplomatic Security Historical Picture pages on the U.S. State Department site. November 25, 1963: Thirteen Office of Security Special Agents supplement the protective detail for nearly 50 international leaders marching through the streets of Washington, DC, in the funeral procession for the late President John F. Kennedy. SY Agents are: Keith Lynch; Harry Dovenoge; Bert Bennington; Frank Tully [PRS]; Bill Little; Fred Padley [L.A.F.O.]; Louis Kachulis [D.C.F.O.]; John Bacom [Chicago F.O.]; Frank Headley [Investigations]; Robert Cronin (D.C. F.O.]; Joseph McNulty; Bill DeCourcy [PRS]; and Herb Lampe. (Source: DS Records)