THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrances from your daughter Julie are moving and reflect her enduring love for you. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….

Another Father's Day without you. The older I get the harder it gets that you are gone. Loveland Miss you Bunches and Bunches. Your Daughter Julie Anette Peters.

Dear SSgt George Peters, Thank you for your service with the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron. Tomorrow is the 52nd anniversary of the start of your tour. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. The 46th anniversary of the fall of Saigon is in 2 days. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

On June 23, 1969, a U.S. Air Force Lockheed Hercules C-130B (#61-0965) transport aircraft from the 733rd Tactical Airlift Squadron was carrying a cargo load of 360 rounds of 105mm shells for delivery to a Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border when it was shot down by enemy ground fire. The flight, which originated out of Cam Ranh Bay, was hit while attempting to make an air drop at the camp at Katum in Tay Ninh Province, RVN. A helicopter in the area reported one engine of the C-130 was seen afire before it crashed and burned. The entire crew of six was lost. They included aircraft commander CAPT Gary E. Brunner, co-pilot 1LT Terry M. Reed, navigator MAJ William H. Condit Jr., 2nd navigator LTC Jean A. Kearby, flight engineer SSGT Billy W. McDonald, and loadmaster SSGT George C. Peters. The helicopter attempted to land but was driven back by the heat and explosions of the burning plane and hostile ground fire. On his second attempt to approach the wreckage, the helicopter was shot down. A second helicopter attempted to land near the wreckage, but it was also shot down. The Hercules crew’s remains were not recovered until November 29, 1994, and positively identified on July 9, 1998. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org, findagrave.com, and condit-family.com]

Dear SSGT George Charles Peters, 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, Sir

Curt Carter