THE WALL OF FACES

Uncle Dwain i know you're here with me, i never met u but i feel like i know u. I've been told that i am exactly like u,by my father your brother Al.To this day i feel your presance as my guardian angel.I look up to and Respect you for putting your life on the line for all.

FOREVER REMEMBERED

"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...."

Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.

We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:

Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.

From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers

I wish that I could have met you when you were here but I never got the chance because God took you before I could meet you. But as a fellow member of the armed service I look up to you as a Uncle and as a great American your death was not in vain. In my mind Uncle Dwain you are my hero.

Dwain Lee Bibey - age 20

I feel everyone here needs some acknowledgement of their ultimate sacrifice for our country. You had a life that deserved many more years. You left behind people who loved you and who, I imagine still feel the pain of your loss to this day. I hope they have comfort in knowing you are at rest and that they will someday see you again in a much better place.

Your courage and efforts in Vietnam will never be forgotten in my heart and in a multitude of others who have the upmost respect and honor for the soldiers who lost their lives there.

in Peace always
February 7, 2003

As a fellow Buckeye, I say "THANK YOU"

As a Veteran, I say "JOB WELL DONE"

As an American, "YOUR DEATH WAS NOT IN VAIN"

And as a Believer, "YOUR SPIRIT IS ALIVE--AND STRONG"

Again, thank you for your dedicated, valiant and courageous service, contribution, and most holy of sacrifices given to this great country of ours! ETERNAL PEACE MY MARINE FRIEND