THE WALL OF FACES

May You Rest in Peace.

I am the Curator of the POW/MIA Bracelet Display in the Vietnam Hangar of the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California where we now have over two thousand bracelets and would be honored to include your bracelet in our Display. If you are an immediate family member (spouse, fiancé, sibling, child, grandchild, cousin, niece, nephew) or close friend I can order one for the Display in your name.
https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/vietnam-pow-bracelet-display/
Dr. Dave Thompson
Palm Springs Air Museum
POW/MIA Bracelet Display Curator
Lt. Commander U.S. Navy 1964-1970
10-103 Lakeview Dr. Rancho Mirage, Ca 92270
760-328-0859 760-408-7660 [email protected]

Lt. Col. Anderson was a Squadron Mate in the 25 TFS, 8 TFW, Ubon RTAFB Thailand. He arrived a couple of months later than me. Flying “North” was a daily task for our Squadron. Our Squadron did the “smart bombing” and we were routinely dealing with AAA, SA-2’s and MIGS each flight up “North”. This was my first operational assignment, a new 1Lt. Lt. Col. Anderson lived alongside us in our luxurious “hooch”. An artifact of this tour was the transparency of rank, we were all brothers taking care of each other. Many a time I ate at the O’Club with Lt. Col. Anderson and we went to the base movie theater on occasion. He was like my older “brother” that looked out for me. The day of his shoot down we got word that his F-4 back seater Lt. George Latella had ejected and been captured. No one had seen a parachute for Lt. Col. Anderson nor had we heard of any chatter on the survival radio frequency, thus we felt we had lost him. We are thankful to those in the military that find our lost brothers and bring them home. I have visited the Vietnam Memorial Wall several times to visit with my long lost “brother”. My memory of Lt. Col. Anderson’s is still clear and vivid, it will never fade, a great man and “Brother”!

COL Robert Dale Anderson was repatriated on 9/13/1990 and identified on 10/22/1998. He is reported to be buried in either Sunset Memorial Park in Midland City, AL (Coffelt Database), or in Section 55, site 814 of the Arlington National Cemetery (Findagrave.com).

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Welcome Home.

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

As long as you are remembered you will never truly die....