Tom was nominated by Alice:
I would like to nominate my hero retired sergeant first class E7 Tom Ratcliff.He is an army veteran he did a couple of Tours in Vietnam. He came home from the war with a chest full of metals but I don’t know what he received them for because he does not like to talk about himself he would rather talk about you and your accomplishments than him and his . I do know that he spent his 19th birthday taking on fire in vietnam. He served his country with pride and honor from 1964-1984.
Tom has been like a brother to my husband for many, many years. He has always been my husband’s role model. Tom, no matter what is going on in his life is always there for my husband or anyone else whenever they need advice,or someone to listen to them or if they just need to hear a good story Tom is there. He is always first to help someone when they are down but you would never know it was him Because he’s the type that will come visit drink a beer and talk for awhile then when he leaves a $100 bill mysteriously shows up on or around his chair .He is one of the few people left in this world that is true to his word you know if he says it you can count on it. He is very honest, honorable, loyal, and respectful. If Tom is your friend consider yourself very lucky because he is the best friend you could ever ask for. I am honored to call him my friend. if there were a picture next to the word hero in the dictionary it would be a picture of him for he is a true hero In every sense of the word.