THE WALL OF FACES

DEAR CORPORAL ARNOLD,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A MARINE MACHINE GUNNER, MY DAD DIED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR DEATH, SAY HI TO HIM. HIS NAME IS SAM. REST IN PEACE AND SEMPER FI.

You are always on my mind, almost 50 years and it feels so close to me. put in a good word for me i am going to need all the help I can get. Keep those streets well guarded by USMC. Semper Fidelis Jesse Lyon

You are always on my mind, almost 50 years and it feels so close to me. put in a good word for me i am going to need all the help I can get. Keep those streets well guarded by USMC. Semper Fidelis Jesse Lyon

AMBUSHED THE NIGHT BEFORE ON THE WAY TO FORM A BLOCKING FORCE FOR A MARINE COL.WHO WAS WITH A ARVN FORCE PUSHING THE ENEMY INTO OUR AMBUSH. WAITING ALL NIGHT AND THE MORNING IN THE POURING RAIN THE COL CALLED OFF THE OPERATION. WE WERE TOGETHER ALL NIGHT, YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF WEAPONS PLT, I WAS IN 1ST PLT 1ST SQ GOLF CO 2/5.WE WERE TOLD TO MOVE OUT AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT TOGETHER TALKING AND BECOMING GOOD FRIENDS.LARRY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID NOW WATCH AFTER ALL THE BS TO GET HERE SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET MESSED UP! YOU WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I LOOKED BEHIND ME TO ANSWER MY SQ LDR, I STARTED TO TURN AROUND WHEN THE BIGGEST EXPLOSION I EVER FELT BLEW US UP.I LANDED OVER 30 FT FROM WHERE I WAS. I WAS UNCONSCIENCIOUS & WHEN I WOKE UP WAS PARALIZED.I LAID THERE AND MY HEAD WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT AND THE CORPSMAN CAME INTO MY FIELD OF VISION, I COULD NOT MOVE AND MY SQ THOUGHT I WAS DEAD.CORPSMAN MOORE WHILE LOOKING AT ME HEARD LARRY CRAWLING OUT OF A RICEPADDY.MOORE WENT TO LARRYS AID, LARRY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID I TOLD YOU SOMEONE WAS GOING TO GET MESSED UP.CORPSMAN MOORE COVERED LARRY WITH A PONCHO AND DID EVERTHING POSSIBLE FOR LARRY, ALL OUR CORPSMAN WERE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. I WISH I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERY TIME I THOUGHT ABOUT 8/26/67 & LARRY I`D BE A RICH MARINE. SEMPER FI LARRY,SGT JESSE LYON

I MISS YOU LARRY..TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR BIRTHDAY...I MISS YOU EVERY DAY...LOVE,LITTLE SIS