THE WALL OF FACES

DEAR CORPORAL BAGNALL,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A GRUNT. SEMPER FI. HALLOWEEN IS APPROACHING, AND ALL SAINTS AND ALL SOULS' DAYS - THE DAYS WE HONOR THOSE WHO LEFT US. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS GUIDE YOU. REST IN PEACE.

Bob, you died by my side , so long ago.... I still feel the hurt within me to this very day.... All the combat we saw together , how proud we were to be REAL MARINES fighting for our country, and just plain trying to stay alive......We Connecticut brothers, you from Bloomfield and me from Enfield, always kept our heads afloat in such terrible times.......Someday, if there is a hear after, I will see you again and we will again talk..... You know, I went to visit your family when I got home and gave your watch to your dad as you requested...... It was hard, but I kept my promise my friend.....Robbie

Time goes by so fast...always remembered you from Northwest. l little did I know I'd be walking the same ground in 1971. Rest in Peace Marine.

Thinking of you and remembering you today.

My seventh birthday party in Bloomfield, Rob and I got together and totally trashed my dad's "Barcalounger" recliner chair, using it like a circus springboard. Next thing I knew, I was in Army Basic Training when word came that he was killed and a few months later, I was in Vietnam.