HONORED ON PANEL 2E, LINE 18 OF THE WALL
MICHAEL JOHN IHNAT
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MICHAEL J IHNAT
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LEFT FOR MICHAEL JOHN IHNAT
POSTED ON 11.11.2021
POSTED BY: EILEEN IHNAT HENDRIX
VETERANS DAY VIRTUAL HUG
THANK GOD FOR THE MEMORIES YOU GAVE US, THEIR WHAT KEPT US TOGETHER. IT TOOK ONE BREATH, ONE STEP AT AT TIME TOGETHER WITH MOM & DAD TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH THE HEARTACHE VIETNAM GAVE US. NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT WE DON'T REMEMBER HOW YOU'D WAKE UP EVERY MORNING WITH A SMILE ON YOUR FACE, HUGGING MOM, TELLING HER LUV YA MOM., THEN OFF TO THE KITCHEN TO EAT HALF A LOAF OF RYE BREAD, A DOZEN EGGS & PKG OF BACON & A CARTON OF MILK. NOW ALL OF YOU ARE ANGELS THAT WATCH OVER US WITH MC CALL!~ LUV YA EILEEN
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POSTED ON 8.16.2019
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear PFC Michael Ihnat, Thank you for your service as a Central Officer Switchboard Operator. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 7.7.2016
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Ground Casualty
On June 25, 1965, two powerful terrorists’ bombs exploded in quick succession besides a crowded floating restaurant on the Saigon River, killing at least 38 and wounding about 75. Eight of the dead and 10 of the wounded were Americans. The terrorist strike, about 500 yards from the United States Embassy, was the bloodiest of its kind up to that point in the Vietnam War. The blasts from shore slashed across the luxuriously appointed decks of the restaurant, the My Canh, at about 8:15 PM. The blast broke windows as far as two blocks away. American investigators said one of the bombs was a powerful shaped charge—possibly an American Claymore electric mine—planted into the bank of the river near the restaurant’s awning-covered gangplank. The other was a bicycle bomb. The eight American killed in the blast were military personnel. They included MSGT Douglas H. D'Orsay, A1C Robert J. Smith, A1C Michael E. Widener, PO1C German P. Acosta, SFC Alfred Combs Jr., PFC Michael J. Ihnat, PFC James T. Brown Jr., and SSGT Charles A. Williamson. [“Saigon Bomb Kills 38 in Floating Restaurant.” Chicago Tribune, June 26, 1965]
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POSTED ON 3.29.2016
POSTED BY: KATHY SANTO
REMEMBERING
I THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY AND TO SEE YOUR FACE. I REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES AT THE BOWLING ALLEY AND ALL OF THE LAUGHS WE HAD. yOU LEFT TOO SOON.
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POSTED ON 6.25.2013
POSTED BY: Curt Carter
Remembering an American Hero
Dear PFC Michael John Ihnat, 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
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