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HONORED ON PANEL 12W, LINE 129 OF THE WALL
JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTIN
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JAMES F AUSTIN
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LEFT FOR JAMES FRANKLIN AUSTIN
POSTED ON 4.5.2014
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]
Remembering An American Hero
Dear SGT James Franklin Austin, sir
As an American, 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, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, 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, Sir
Curt Carter
POSTED ON 10.11.2011
POSTED BY: Dale Hansen
Brother Eagles
POSTED ON 2.6.2006
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
Never Forgotten
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
"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
POSTED ON 6.6.2005
POSTED BY: Kristen Atkinson
James Franklin Austin
I researched him in history class, i never knew him, but I'm sure he was a great person
POSTED ON 4.13.2004
POSTED BY: Ashley Kiefer
You will always be a hero
Dear James,
Through a posting project at Gridley High School, I have the opportunity to give credit where it is due. Going to war, and fighting for your country shows a lot about your character. It shows that you were dedicated and devoted to your country. You gave up all your possessions and family to fight for your country. I would like you to know that all Americans are grateful for your service to this country. You will never be forgotten.
God Bless,
Ashley Kiefer
Through a posting project at Gridley High School, I have the opportunity to give credit where it is due. Going to war, and fighting for your country shows a lot about your character. It shows that you were dedicated and devoted to your country. You gave up all your possessions and family to fight for your country. I would like you to know that all Americans are grateful for your service to this country. You will never be forgotten.
God Bless,
Ashley Kiefer