Thursday, July 5, 2012

What Soldiers Write In Their Wills Before Heading Into Combat

Last wish: Friends of Royal Marine David Hart raise a glass to their friend at a pool party in Las Vegas. Daily Mail

Quirky Wills From Military Members Headed Off To Combat -- Business Insider

Over at Reddit, a servicemember posted about how he and a buddy each bequeathed one another $2,000 in their wills.

Sounds standard. Except, this two grand is bequeathed so that his friend — pardon the legalese — "can throw a killer party to celebrate my life."

Yes, he got his lawyer to write in "killer party" into his will.

It gets even better. The servicemember — reddit username Citisol — "would like a cardboard cutout of me on display holding a bottle of Maker's Mark Whisky [sic]."

Genius. Absolute genius.

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My Comment: The best story that I have read on this topic of wills is this one. More here.

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