THE WALL OF FACES

Fred is buried at Nondaga Cemetery in Bath,NY. BSM AM15 OLC

Freddie it's been four years since my last remembrance and over forty since the accident that took you from us. I know in my heart I did the right thing refusing that aircraft, which you subsequently accepted. Had our roles been reversed, I know you would be writing this instead of me. I've tried to be the man you would've become had you lived, married with a beautiful and loving family. I know they would've liked you, as I did. I gave the Army forty years before finally hanging up my combat boots and helmet, 20 for me and another 20 for you in consideration of all the freedoms we both so valiantly fought to preserve, which eventually took your life along with over 58,000 others. Lot of people say the War was wrong and that we should not have been there, however, I disagree. We accepted the Call of our Country, serving without question and without reservation. I will always remember you and all the other crew we flew with, laughed with and on occasion shed blood with. I hope I've met yours and God's expectations of a good and faithful servant, one you'd be proud to have known. Farewell and smooth sailing my friend til we meet in that big heliport in the sky. Remember to watch those rpm and power settings. Chaulk 6 - Masher 27

A day doesn't go by that I don't think of you and how different things could've been had our missions been reversed.



Masher 27

Fred, Although we never met, I just want you to know you are not forgotten. You gave the ultimate sacrifice, your life for what you believed in. Sleep well my friend, and thank you for protecting the freedoms we enjoy today.