THE WALL OF FACES

Dear CPL Roy Clifford McEwen, 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

Roy is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Haynesville, Aroostook County,ME. PH-GS

Rest in peace with the warriors.

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 sun 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.

Mary Frye – 1932

It's been 37 years since I came back to Bucksport of a 3 year tour with The Army. You were just about to graduate from Bucksport High School and wanted to know what the military was like. We talked about it, and later you enlisted into the USMC. The next thing I heard of you was that you had been wounded. They patched you up and you returned to combat. Not long after we learnd that you had been KIA. That was 1966, a year later Mike Wardwell (USMC) died over there also. You and Mike were the only two from our small town to give your life in that war. Two too many. Rest in peace Marine. And thank you. There are those who still remember!