THE WALL OF FACES

A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam
And for a brief moment its glory
and beauty belong to our world
But then it flies again
And though we wish it could have stayed...
We feel lucky to have seen it.

Before there was Kimmey Hobbs there was Kimmey and Hobbs: machine gunners on a WWII bomber and friends. Hobbs survived. Kimmey didn't. Hobbs named his son Kimmey. In early March 1968 one of C Troop's tracks hit a mine and I ran to help. I found Hobbs, the 3rd platoon medic, already there doing the job. What I didn't know was that he was on the track that had hit the buried bomb, was blown into the sky, and slammed into the ground and yet he was up and working. That was Kimmey Hobbs. He was C Troop's Senior Aid Man and on Track 2-6 on April 10 when it hit a mine, and we lost his life and four others. Michael Colicchio, who has posted here, was the only one on 2-6 to survive that one.

PS Thank you for the lives you saved.

Dear Sp4 Kimmey Hobbs, Thank you for your service as a Medical NCO with the 1st Cavalry. Your 72nd birthday just passed, happy birthday. Today is the last day of spring! Watch over the USA, it still needs your strength. Rest in peace with the angels.

My grandparents (Brown) are buried by the Hobbs graves. When visiting their graves, I always noticed the bench with Kimmey's name on it and thought it was a nice remembrance to this person. I always wanted to know more about this person. Now I know more about Kimmey and how he gave his life for his country. I always prayed for him at his grave site. May he Rest in Peace.