THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.

Gift From Dead GI

TOY ARRIVES WITHOUT JOY

LA CROSSE, Wis., Dec. 25 (UPI) - Two-year-old Jeffrey Anderson had a very special present from his father Christmas Day.
It came in the mail Wednesday and he thinks its from Santa Claus, but it really is from his father.
His mother, Mrs. Doreen Anderson, got a letter from the boy's father Wednesday saying Merry Christmas and asking her to pick out something special as a Christmas present for Jeffrey.
She picked out a toy soldier, wrapped it and placed it in the mailbox.
Jeffrey was overjoyed with the present and very excited. He knew his Daddy was a soldier and the toy was just like his father.
But Jeffrey hasn't been told his father, Army Sp-4 Thomas L. Anderson, 20, was killed in Vietnam on Sunday when struck by fragments of a booby trap as he was riding in a vehicle.
His mother said she was told Monday night her husband had been killed, but she couldn't tell her son because he is too young to understand.

DEAR SPECIALIST 4TH CLASS ANDERSON,
THANKS FOR BEING AN ENGINEER EQUIPMENT ASSISTANT. IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11. WE ARE REMEMBERING MORE HEROES. WE MUST ALSO HONOR AND REMEMBER YOU. REST IN PEACE.

Tom you are missed and always will be You were one of my best friends and have thought about you many times Your life was too short you will alway be in my heart Love ya Man

Tom is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, western division, veterans section near the front gate. Tom is located in the 9th row, 18th column in from the north.