THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your cousin Victor Stern is poignant and reflects the anguish experienced by so many families that lost loved ones in the war as well as his admiration and respect for you. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….

Dear Cap. Peter Livingston, Thank you for your service as a Physician. Thank you for the lives you saved. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is another spring, but like none other. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.

Peter Livingston was my first cousin. I grew up knowing and looking up to him. He was more than 10 years older but he was still a friend and very much a part of our family. My parents introduced Peter to his future wife, Cynthia, a neighbor of ours. I remember with horror when Peter was killed. He was drafted during his 5th year of residency - he was supposed to be “safe.” During the Fall of 1969 Vietnam War protests in Washington DC I carried Peter’s name as we walked from Arlington Cemetery to the Capitol to honor all who had been lost.

I am the second cousin (by marriage) of Dr. Peter Livingston, a young psychiatrist. I remember the day I got a telephone call from one of my uncles telling me that Peter was killed in a helicopter when he was supposed to re-unite with his young wife Cynthia. They had a son, who now is a doctor. Peter was the son-in-law of my cousin Hy Hoffman and brother-in-law of Jonathan Hoffman.
Dr. Livingston served his country with honor and gave the ultimate sacrifice.
The following year on June 11, 1969, six days after I graduated from podiatric medical school, my 21 year old cousin Sgt. Raymond Richard Schifrin was killed in Tay Ninh province. He enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve his country. He lived in Laurelton, Queens, New York.
I constantly remember Peter and Raymond.

Dear Captain Peter B Livingston, 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