THE WALL OF FACES

FOREVER REMEMBERED

"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."

Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.

We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:

Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.

From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers

Dear Soldier,
I am a Junior from Gridley High School and we are working on the Gridley High School Posting Project to post remembrances for the men and women who died serving our country in the Vietnam War. I speak on behalf of the entire class when I say that we are truly indebted to you and your fellow soldiers. You had the courage to fight and made the supreme sacrifice while doing it, giving up your life. Your bravery is an inspiration to myself along with millions of others and you will remain a hero for as long as this country stands. May God bless you and your family.
Sincerely,
Natalie Stoller