THE WALL OF FACES

Petty Officer Second Class Albert Carl Bachman Jr., Served with the Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

Thank you Doc Bachman for your courage and for your devotion to us, your Marines.

WE. WERE TOGETHER AT LEJEUNE OUR WIVES WERE AT THE BASE TOGETHER. WE TRADED ORDERS SO SKIP COULD GO HOME TO GET MARRIED. I STAYED AT LEJEUNE SKIP WENT TO NAM, ITHINK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME, WHAT MIGHT., I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ALBI HIS WIFE, ALMOST 50 YRS. BUD.

I just arrived from Lima 3/5 1st Marines 2 days before this happen. I was in the rear waiting to go to my new platoon Mike 3/1 1st Marines. Someone came in running says a jeep struck a mine and the men where gone. This has stayed with me all these years. One never forgets SIMPER FI Marines

DEAR HOSPITAL CORPSMAN BACHMAN,
THANK YOU FOR BEING A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN WITH THE 1ST MARINES, AND THE MARINE LIVES YOU SAVED. SEMPER FI. PEOPLE ARE DECORATING AND PREPARING FOR HALLOWEEN. IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU WE CAN. REST IN PEACE.