THE WALL OF FACES

"An God said who shall we send.I answered I am here,send me."

Isaiah 6:8

dear allen
dear hero
dear adopted brother

i love you with my all heart
god knows i do
i wish so much you know that too

sending you my best wishes love hope prayers
greetings to heaven

can i meet you when i get there allen?
wishing I can!
i want to hug you and say thank you
so much i want to tell you
brave brother of mine

proud of you
love you
miss you

you are forever inmy heart

all my love best wishes gos out to you and to your family and friends

god bless you
cu when i get there

salute you

Together with Pararescueman Sgt. William R. Pearson and the rest of their crew: Captain Peter H Chapman, 1st Lt. John H. Call III, Sgt. Roy D. Prater, and one other.

This entire crew of Jolly 67, from the 37th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (Da Nang) was lost in an attempt to rescue BAT 21 Bravo.

USAF PARARESCUE Creed - "It is my duty as a Pararescueman to save life and aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my assigned duties quickly and efficiently, placing these duties before personal desires and comforts.

These things I do, That Others May Live."

On 19 November, 1997 the crew of Jolly 67, and their families were all together.

Twenty-five years after the longest search-and-rescue mission in Air Force history, two pararescuemen, a mechanic, photographer, pilot and co-pilot, were remembered November 19, 1997 for giving their lives trying to save others.

Six crewmen from Jolly Green 67, Captains John Call III and Peter Chapman II,
Technical Sergeants Allen J. Avery, James Alley and Roy D. Prater, and Sergeant William R. Pearson, were honored at Arlington National Cemetery.
Their remains were recently returned home from their fatal attempt to rescue a
downed navigator in Vietnam; their helicopter crashed after being hit by enemy
fire.

The object of their rescue attempt was Lieutenant Colonel Iceal Hambleton,
whose call sign was Bat-21. He was flying aboard an EB-66 leading a B-52
bomber strike when his aircraft was struck by a surface-to-air missile. The only
one to eject safely, Hambleton landed near a highway junction on a Communist
supply route.

Intelligence sources reported 30,000 enemy troops in the area. On the fourth
day of search-and-rescue operations, Jolly Green 67 went down. All aboard
were lost.

Air Force, Army and Navy teams continued fighting for the next seven days to
retrieve Hambleton before he was saved.

A quarter century later, the funeral service for the Jolly Green 67 crew began
with a fly-over by two MH-53J Pave Low III helicopters from Hurlburt Field,
Florida. The Air Force Honor Guard and Air Force Band from Bolling Air Force
Base, Washington, D.C., also helped commemorate the event. Among the mass of people at Arlington paying respects to the helicopter crew were red beret-wearing pararescuemen who honored their fallen comrades. The veterans also represented pararescuers who served in Southeast Asia and
rescued more than 3,800 servicemembers during the war.

Among those who could not attend the funeral was Bat-21 himself; however,
the 78-year-old Hambleton wrote about how much he appreciated the sacrifice of the Jolly Green 67 crew. Dan Manion, one of many pararescuemen who helped search for Hambleton, read the letter.

"This is a crew of real heroes," Manion said. "They were doing what they had
been trained to do. They deserve all the accolades that we, the living, can
bestow upon them. Again, I thank them, I honor them, and I will always hold
great faith in my heart with them."

Colonel Mark Clark was a first lieutenant at the time of the Bat-21 search, and
was the first to go in trying to extract Hambleton. But Clark's OV-10 was shot
down, and he became part of the Bat-21 rescue. He, too, was saved. He attended the Arlington ceremony and addressed the Jolly Green 67 family
members.

"Each of you played a distinct role and forming the character of these men who
so willingly paid a very dear price to help me get out of the jungles of Vietnam,"
he said. "You have my deepest sympathy -- you and these six brave men."