THE WALL OF FACES

I remember our youth spent in Barbourville , and the many nights cruising the square and louis banes drive-in , i remember our classes together at KC , but Gary most of all i remember , the times that were taken away , i remember and think of you often .

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

Dear Soldier,
My name is Amanda Kinney, I am 17 years old, and a senior at Gridley High School. I am posting remembrances on behalf of our Gridley High School Posting Project. You were close to my age when you fought and gave the Supreme Sacrifice. I sit here and wonder would I have the courage to do what you did, and I know I would be too scared to give my all. You gave your all to our country, fighting for what you believed in, and you will never be forgotten for that.

God Bless,
Amanda

Dear Soldier, I want to thank you for the great
sacrifice that you have paid for the freedom of every
American citizen. I am a student at Gridley High
School in Gridley Illinois and we are doing this as a
Gridley High School Posting Project for world history.
I on the other hand am doing this as much more than
just a student with another assignment that has to be
done. To me this means a lot more because I had an
uncle that was in the Vietnam War, and he about lost
his life in battle. I appreciate the actions that you
took in trying to keep our country safe and secure.
It is just a great feeling to know that we are being
protected by people like you that are willing to lay
it all down on the line and pay the ultimate sacrifice
for this reason. I thank you again and may God Bless.

This is for a Gridley High School posting project. Everyday people have an opportunity to get an education, to go out with friends, to get whatever job we want. All this is possible because you sacrificed yourself for our country and I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart.