THE WALL OF FACES

Cpl. John Babich is buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Dixon, Illinois.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us....

I new John when we were in school. I new his father and sister Terry. John and I were in country at the same time. My heart is broken.

Trying to comile additional information on CPL Babich. Working on locating where he was buried and any additional info that family members would be privy to.

Ray Inabnitt
US Army, Retired
www.weservedtogether.Com
Photo and graveside researcher

Found in Dixon Evening Telegraph, July 31, 1970

Phu Bai
I want to live, but if I have to die.
Please dig my grave in old Phu Bai.
There’s nothing here for those alive, it has been said.
Probably it’s because Phu Bai, means the land of the dead.
There’s no place to go, or nothing to do.
But two days after payday, I’m broke, too.
You hear choppers and planes, day and night
And an occasional drunk yells, “Phu Bai is all right!”
Phu Bai P.X., helps you save your gold.
Because when you get there, the goodies have all been sold.
You work all day, come dragging your tail
And to complete you misery, there no mail
So you get drunk again and go to bed
And dream you’re on the block, instead of the land of the dead.
You go to the mess hall, and in great disbelief
There’s the Phu Bai Steak again: Roast beef
Mama-san loses your clothes, or gives you some that won’t fit
And when you get on her about it, she says, “No biet.”
Baby-san will give the “V” Sign and the power shave of the hand.
Then she’ll ask for two cigarettes, one for her and onve for her old man.
When I get back to the block, and meet someone I can’t stand
I won’t curse and get all nasty, I’ll simply say “Phu Bai you Man!”
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