HONORED ON PANEL 23W, LINE 70 OF THE WALL
JOHN BOMAR BALITSARIS
WALL NAME
JOHN B BALITSARIS
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23W/70
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR JOHN BOMAR BALITSARIS
POSTED ON 10.12.2005
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
Never Forgotten
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 heros 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 heros 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
"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 heros 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 heros 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
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POSTED ON 4.21.2004
POSTED BY: Bethany Witzig
Dear Soldier
Dear Soldier,
Thank you for giving your life for your country. You gave the supreme sacrifice so that all of the rest of America could live in peace. I admire your courage and bravery that you fought with for your country. I will never forget that importance of your life to the freedom of America.
Thank You
Bethany Witzig
Gridley High School Posting Project
Thank you for giving your life for your country. You gave the supreme sacrifice so that all of the rest of America could live in peace. I admire your courage and bravery that you fought with for your country. I will never forget that importance of your life to the freedom of America.
Thank You
Bethany Witzig
Gridley High School Posting Project
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POSTED ON 10.23.2003
POSTED BY: Ashley Kiefer
You will always be a hero
Dear John,
I want to take a little time to just thank you for all your dedication, hard work, and loyalty that you gave during the war. You are greatly admired by many. You will always be remembered as a hero and we as students from Gridley High School, (Gridley, IL) won’t forget what you gave up for your country. Thank you.
Respectfully,
Ashley Kiefer
I want to take a little time to just thank you for all your dedication, hard work, and loyalty that you gave during the war. You are greatly admired by many. You will always be remembered as a hero and we as students from Gridley High School, (Gridley, IL) won’t forget what you gave up for your country. Thank you.
Respectfully,
Ashley Kiefer
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