Corporal Antoine A. Gaujot (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on December 19, 1899, at San Mateo, Philippine Islands. His citation reads:
Attempted under a heavy fire of the enemy to swim a river for the purpose of obtaining and returning with a canoe.
Captain Julien E. Gaujot (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 13, 1911, at Aqua Prieta, Mexico. His citation reads:
Crossed the field of fire to obtain the permission of the rebel commander to receive the surrender of the surrounded forces of Mexican Federals and escort such forces, together with 5 Americans held as prisoners, to the American line.
Private John C. Gaunt (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on November 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee. His citation reads:
Capture of flag.
Before we get to what I have to say, let me first say “Congrats!” to all of my fellow Miami Heat fans! And congrats to Jeremy for being right about the Heat winning it in 5. Way to name that tune.
If you haven’t already guessed, today is the 10th anniversary of the day I married The Wife. So today I give you 10 things about us:
1. We met in the Spring of 1999. I was crossing Oakland Ave. going to campus when a Chi-Omega (Holly) called out to me (now isn’t the time for me to brag, but if it was the time I’d tell you it wasn’t odd for me to have girls yell for me back then). Anyway, she wanted me to meet her “Little Sister” who was sitting on the porch of the Chi-O house. That was when I met the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen (yes, I’m talking about The Wife).
2. Our first date was July 13, 1999 at the Applebee’s on Old Trolley Road. I was a few (45) minutes late. To be fair, I was coming from James Island and was going back up to Rock Hill after the date. Anyway, we had our first (sober… haha) kiss out by her car in the parking lot as it started to rain.
3. Fall of 1999 was our first semester at Winthrop as a “couple”. I had to drop out shortly after the semester started because I had “Rebecca Mono” (it’s a long story I’ll have to share another time… just know it’s not what you think… or maybe it is, I’m not a mind-reader so I really have no clue what you’re thinking… though I can tell you that the “Rebecca” part of “Rebecca Mono” is probably the Rebecca you are thinking of).
4. I asked her to marry me on December 24, 2000 out in front of her Uncle Joe and Aunt Chrissy’s house. She said yes. We then went to tell Rebecca and her parents (seems there were no hard feelings between them over the whole mono thing).
5. We sat in her house and watched the news all day on September 11, 2001 (except for when we had to go to class because Winthrop never cancelled classes back then… you know I love Winthrop but they were wrong that day). We also went to eat dinner at Ryan’s that night… the place was packed but stone cold silent.
6. We graduated from Winthrop in May of 2002… and got married in June.
7. I was working at the Rack Room Shoes in Northwoods Mall as an Assistant Manager. She was working at the Dorchester County Library as a Children’s Librarian.
8. Our first place was a first floor apartment in Westbury Mews off of Old Trolley Road.
9. We got Lucy shortly after Labor Day in 2002. We bought our house in May of 2003. Maverick came along in July of 2004… Mary Ruth in December 2005… Scooby in January 2009… Susie in October 2009… and Daniel in March of 2011.
10. For our 1st Anniversary, we went to the zoo in Columbia and I took a picture of us with the Llama. We saw other animals, too, of course… but the Llama is our favorite.
The I’m just sayin… Know Your South Carolina Athlete
The SC Athlete you should know this week is my former James Island teammate, Karl Morris. Karl was two years ahead of me at James Island and was a big part of our first State Championship my freshman season. While at James Island, Karl was a pitcher and shortstop. If I’m not mistaken (and I seldom am) Karl was the winning pitcher in the deciding game of that first State Championship after coming into the game as a relief pitcher. He was so pumped up when he came into pitch that I think he threw the first few warm-up pitches over the head of our catcher (his little brother, 8th grader Kevin). Karl was also the batter at the end of the game when a wild pitch brought in the winning run. He was a team leader his junior year and even more so his senior year. He was also somewhat of a mentor for me. I dare say I would not have been the player I ended up being if I hadn’t had a chance to study the way Karl not only played, but perhaps more importantly how he practiced. He worked hard during practice and never seemed to take a day off.
I can still remember a game in the playoffs my sophomore year when I was in the game at second with Karl at short. The batter hit a ball that had to go about a mile in the air. Of course, it was a nice clean night with what at the time appeared to be just short of 1,000,000,000 stars in the sky over the field. I remember looking up and thinking, “Oh sweet Jesus this ball can’t be coming to me… Oh God no, oh God no, oh God NOOOO!!!” I then did the one thing you are never supposed to do… I took my eye off the ball (or at least what I thought was the ball… there really were a lot of stars out that night) and looked over to Karl (with a look that said, “Please for the love of God come over here and call me off”). He calmly looked at me and simply said “Don’t worry… you’ve got it”. It was like a calm came over me… I looked up and caught the ball. Looking back, there’s a good chance he had no clue where the ball was and/or he thought it would be funny to see me get hit in the face by a fly ball (teens can be so cruel sometimes). Anyway, Karl was a great teammate and a great player.
After high school, he first went to North Greenville before transferring to the College of Charleston. He had a decent career at the College as a first baseman (I believe he hurt his arm at North Greenville, which is why he played 1B at C of C… or maybe that had nothing to do with it, I really don’t know). Since college he has coached a few years as an assistant coach (and a few years as a head coach) at James Island before becoming a fireman with the City of Charleston and an assistant coach at Wando. I know I didn’t give you a lot of stats (or any, really), but Karl is on here for more than just numbers. Congrats to Karl on being this week’s South Carolina Athlete You Should Know.
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