THE WALL OF FACES

You were my Lt. Both being from NY, we used to talk about West Point and that your father was also an Army officer (Gen?). You were a good officer and friend. Like a lot of memories of Viet Nam, they never go away, the good ones or the sad ones.

I never knew John T. Corley Jr. I knew his mother she was a history teacher at Spring Valley High School in Columbia South Carolina. I found out about his ultimate sacrifice when I was going through airborne school at Ft. Benning Ga. It was there that I saw a display about his highly decorated father a Brig. General who served in WWII and Korea and through reading about him I found out about his son. Although I was just a student of his Mother's and she never mentioned her husband or son to us, we all knew she was the wife of a general. I would like to say as an American I am proud of the Ultimate Sacrifice her Brave son made. My Father made two tours in Vietnam and he came back safely. I do appreciate what all this brave men did. I wish I could have known John T. Corley Jr. God bless Him.
Sincerely,
Cpt. John Hicks USA