THE WALL OF FACES

I was there too. Herbert, who was 21, died the day before my own 21st birthday. Now, living near Vinings, I visit his grave periodically - knowing it could have been either of us... rest easy brother.

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

We will never forget you guys.

Veterans of the 134th AHC, 1st Avn. Bde.

Thank you for making the supreme sacrifice in serving the United States of America. I am a student of Gridley High School in Illinois, and would like to extend my greatest admiration for your courage and service. Through your dedication in serving our Country, we are made a better Nation. I hope that someday I will have a chance to serve my country as you so greatly did.