ALL THINGS NEBRASKA
“Old soldiers don’t die, they just fade away.”
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, a World War II hero, used that phrase in his farewell address to the U.S. Congress more than 70 years ago.
But the comment doesn’t come within a country mile of describing one, old Nebraska soldier.
Tom Brewer, a native of Gordon and a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, served six tours of duty in Afghanistan dur…