THE WALL OF FACES

A notification, telling me of another’s memorial to you, popped up as i was teaching a middle school Essen about character traits. Looking down the positive traits, a word picture of you came to my mind: caring, considerate, encouraging, friendly kind, likable, peaceful, polite, respectful, sensitive, thoughtful...We were blessed to have know you for a short while. You are always in our hearts.

George you may be gone from us but you are never forgotten you are always in my prayers Love you
Kay

George, you live on in the hearts and minds of those that love you. You are not forgotten Marine.

Semper Fi Brother

“Qui procol hinc, qui ante diem perit: Sed miles, sed pro patria.” (“ He died far from home, and before his time: But as a soldier and for his country.”) Grave stone inscription of a Roman legionnaire.

Another year gone by.
So many times I have wished we could change places. Guarding Heavens Gates or a year on earth. Should be some rotation. George you are loved and missed by many. You are not forgotten

If you are able,
save 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,
though you may
or may not have always.
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.

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell
1 January 1970
Dak To, Vietnam