“My Captain”: An RTO’s Eulogy

Dave Dillard delivered this eulogy at CPT Paul “Buddy” Bucha’s funeral at West Point on January 17, 2025. He served as CPT Bucha’s Radio Telephone Operator (RTO) in Vietnam during the battle near Phuoc Vinh in March 1968, for which Bucha received the Medal of Honor. At the end of the clip the West Point Glee Club performs “Mansions of the Lord.”