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HONORED ON PANEL 12W, LINE 40 OF THE WALL
MICHAEL DAVIS O'DONNELL
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MICHAEL D O'DONNELL
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LEFT FOR MICHAEL DAVIS O'DONNELL
POSTED ON 5.8.2025
POSTED BY: Robert Terlisner
vCoolorad .I was in Vietnam 66-67..I looked you up on the Wall.. RIP.Sir. you are not forgotten. in Colorado
Today my daughter in law son and Grandson visited a memorial with your name on it in Colorado . on it was a poem you had written ,...I was in Vietnam 66-67 ....I looked your name up on the Wall and it reminded me how brave the helicopter pilots and crews were. RIP.Sir you are not forgotten.
POSTED ON 12.31.2024
POSTED BY: Ed Klek
Your Words
As an old grunt I can really related to your words, they are so powerful.
Thank You Sir,
Ed
USMC D 1-1 Nam 1966
Thank You Sir,
Ed
USMC D 1-1 Nam 1966
POSTED ON 7.7.2024
POSTED BY: Joe leong
From an American patriot and veteran
POSTED ON 5.27.2024
POSTED BY: Martin V
THANK YOU
Dear Capt. Michael O'Donnell, sir:
I have seen several of your poems and writings quoted extensively across this site and I am in awe of what you have left behind for us to reflect on. You were an amazingly talented young man and were taken from us much too early. We can't possibly thank you enough for your sacrifice for our great country.
"If you are able, save for 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...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..."
I have seen several of your poems and writings quoted extensively across this site and I am in awe of what you have left behind for us to reflect on. You were an amazingly talented young man and were taken from us much too early. We can't possibly thank you enough for your sacrifice for our great country.
"If you are able, save for 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...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..."