THE WALL OF FACES

Dear Captain Joe Eubanks,
Thank you for your service as a Rotary Wing Aviation Unit Commander. It is important for us to remember all of you. It has been too long, and it's about time for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Joe Eubanks was a great guy, a great friend. When we were at The Citadel, Joe would take his friends home to meet his family in Concord, NC. That meant a lot to me being from New Jersey and having no opportunity to go home on the weekends or over the holidays. Joe's death came as a great shock to his Citadel buddies. We miss him at every reunion.

Joe, I am remembering you from our kindergarten through high school days..always playing soldier..making machine gun sounds and all of the other things boys do. I remember you as always smiling, well, laughing, or with a big wide grin and a distinctly mischievous glint in your eye. I remember you with a vintage "army" hat and our Memorial Day treks bearing flowers to "the monument" at our courthouse. You were full of yourself, a boy and a heroic soldier in the making. God bless and keep you in His perfect peace. Some members of our Class of '64 have already met you there. We'll all be along before we know it. See you in the CHS Class of '64 section. Kay

JOE WAS A NEIGHBOR WHEN WE WERE KIDS,MY BROTHER AND I WOULD FREQUENTLY GO OVER TO HIS HOUSE AND ADMIRE HIS FATHER'S COLLECTION OF CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS INCLUDING UNIFORMS AND OLD CANNONS,WE STOLE A CANNON BALL ONE DAY AND DAD MADE US RETURN IT WITH OUR TAILS BETWEEN OUR LEGS.I AM ALSO A VIETNAM VET WHO SPENT 18 MONTHS IN THE MEKONG DELTA WITH THE U.S. AIR FORCE,WE DID SEE FREQUENT ACTION,AND I WAS HONORED TO RECEIVE A BRONZE STAR, I AM GETTING OLD NOW AND FREQUENTLY WONDER WHY SOME DIE AND SOME ARE SPARED,I DO KNOW A GOOD MAN DIED BEFORE HIS TIME,GOD BLESS YOU JOE AND WE WILL MEET AGAIN IN A FAR BETTER PLACE.

Dear Captain Joe Wofford Eubanks, sir

As a native North Carolinian, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter