PLYMOUTH, MASS. (WHDH) - A man recently walked into a restaurant in Plymouth, sat down alone, and bought beers to honor two of his friends who were killed in action while serving in the United States military.
Gene Dupuis, manager of the Cabby Shack, said the man asked to be seated while he was waiting for his friends. He ordered three beers, but no one else came.
Then, the man got up and quietly left the restaurant 15 minutes later.
When the waitress started cleaning the table, she found two full beers, the pictures of two soldiers and a note that read “not forgotten.”
“It was overwhelming, ” Dupuis said. “With everything going on in the world it was nice to see people taking the time to comment on what matters.”
The Cabby Shack shared a picture of two cups of beer that the patron left next to photos of his friends in full uniform, along with the handwritten note.
In a Facebook post, the restaurant wrote, “A gentleman comes in tonight alone and says he’s meeting two friends for a drink. After a brief stay, he leaves and this is at the table when we go over to clear it: Their names, rank, KIA 2 August 2017. Not forgotten!!”
Brittany Harris, the widow of one of the soldiers’, said it was the third anniversary of her husband’s death and that she did not expect anyone to honor it — much less a stranger in another state.
“When I hear that states away someone else is helping remember Chris and Jonathan, it’s touching to know the love and support spreads so far,” she said.
Her late husband, Army Specialist Christopher Harris was in his first deployment when he was killed in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber.
She said she told Harris she was pregnant just a week before he died.
The image, which was posted early Monday morning, has been shared more than 1,000 times.
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