THE WALL OF FACES

FOREVER REMEMBERED

"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."

Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.

We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:

Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.

From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers

I am a senior at Gridley High school in rural central IL. I am posting remembrances for fallen soldiers that participated in the Vietnam War for a class posting project. I would like to thank you for your honor that you showed during the war time. I hope all Americans understand what you have done for them. My dad almost died in the war while stepping on a land mine and I am thankful that he is here today. Your friends and family members should be proud of your accomplishments and for giving it your all. Thank you once again for the ultimate sacrifice that you gave to this country.

Sincerely,
Ben. J

Dear Ray,
As an American and a student of the Gridley High School Posting Project, I want to thank you for all you did for our country. Without men and women like you, our lives as we know it would not be the same. May God be with you at all times.

God Bless,
Kayla Porzelius

My name is Sammy Henderson. I am a sophomore at Gridley High School. I live in Gridley, Illinois. For my World History class I am posting remembrances for the soldiers who died in Vietnam. What the soldiers did was brave and courageous. They gave their life for our country. I want to say thank you for everything you have done. This is a Gridley High School Posting Project.

My name is Paige Porzelius and I am a sophomore at Gridley High School in Gridley, Illinois. I am part of the Gridley High School Posting project. This project consists of posting remembrances to the veterans who laid down their lives for the good of the United States. I would just like to say thank you for your courage to fight for what you believed in. You save everyone is this country from facing future turmoil. I appreciate everything you have done and I consider you a hero.
Thank You
Paige Porzelius