THE WALL OF FACES

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 did not know your names at the unexpected sound of an explosion shaking the air inside FSB Thunder 1. I sit in the mess tent eating along with several others. We only give it a passing thought. Shortly I will know the truth that death stalks you without pity once war has you in it’s talons. There is not an ounce of safety anywhere here. In a nightmarish turn of events, each step so simple and inane, but when put together they produce a lethal result. My troop Capt. John Howard Guthridge and SSG Charles Joseph Mac Donald have both been lost. Followed of course by the absurd mental gibberish of “Oh, I guess it was just their time” in an attempt to describe the indescribable.

Captain John Howard Guthridge, Served with B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, United States Army Vietnam.

Without people like you our nation would not exist. Rest in peace CAPT. Guthridge, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family.

On the remembrance of your 86th birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH