THE WALL OF FACES

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

Dear LTC Charles Honour, Thank you for your service as an Infantry Unit Commander (Pilot). I researched you on the 54th anniversary of the start of your tour, sad. It was just Independence Day, and there is no better time to honor you. Please watch over the USA, it still needs your strength. Rest in peace with the angels.

I was the first crew chief on the new UH-1 tail number 64-14188. I was chosen by LTC Honour personally. He was a good leader. I remember numbers of times we airlifted the Nurses Lt. Carol A. E. Drazba and Lt. Elizabeth A. Jones to the various places they needed to go in Vietnam. We also rescued a group of South Vietnamese when there were not enough lift aircraft to finish the job. As a flight crew, we oversaw many combat operations. This crew loss is a great loss to the US Military.

Dear LTC Charles M Honour Jr, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

On 18 February 1966 passengers Lt. Carol A. E. Drazba and Lt. Elizabeth A. Jones were the first military women killed in the Vietnam War. They were assigned to the 51st Field Hospital in Saigon. They died along with the third passenger CPT Thomas W. Stasko, from HHC 145 CAB when their helicopter had a wire strike over a river. The crew members who perished in this accident were LTC Charles M. Honour Jr., CPT Albert M. Smith, SP4 Gary R. Artman, and SP4 Christopher J. Lantz. [Taken from vhpa.org]