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HONORED ON PANEL 61W, LINE 20 OF THE WALL
THOMAS NELSON BLADES
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THOMAS N BLADES
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POSTED ON 8.20.2003
Your Niece Tammy
Even though I dont remember you I always heard nothing but good things about I wish I could remember you more but I was so young you would be so proud of Shelley and Tommy they really turned out good. Your granchildren are really great also.I know I dont know you that well but we will meet again and when we do I hope you will greet me with a BIG HUG. I love you your niece Tammy
POSTED ON 8.12.2003
POSTED BY: shelley
From daddy's girl
Hi dad, I miss you...i miss you not being here to watch me and my brother grow up.Mom had it tough, but she did good. You would be proud of her! We have always been proud of you! I wish you could be here to see your grandchildren. They are great kids..We visit your grave often and I show them your picture..but it's not the same..We've been to the wall in Washington,D.C, it's beautiful! We love you dad and wish you were here with us... your daughter, Shelley
POSTED ON 8.11.2003
POSTED BY: Louise Glorioso
Our hero.
Tommy was my second cousin. His grandmother, my great grandmother, adored him. After he died in Vietnam, she would tell stories about him, how brave he was and how sad it was that his two small children wouldn't have him around.
I remember Tommy from family reuniouns and visits to the Eastern Shore of Maryland where my mother's family is from. There were a lot of us, I had cousins everywhere! Tommy and his brothers were in the generation just before mine. When I was young and they were teenagers, they were quite a group. I thought they were all so cute and so cool and I was very proud that they were my cousins, even though I was just a little nuisance from the other side of the bay.
Tommy was the first person I knew in my family to die. I was not close to him, but I loved him just the same. I was so saddened by his death and the fact that someone that young and handsome with so much to live for was gone. It was and is incomprehensible.
After all these years, I am finally able to say it. Thank you.
I remember Tommy from family reuniouns and visits to the Eastern Shore of Maryland where my mother's family is from. There were a lot of us, I had cousins everywhere! Tommy and his brothers were in the generation just before mine. When I was young and they were teenagers, they were quite a group. I thought they were all so cute and so cool and I was very proud that they were my cousins, even though I was just a little nuisance from the other side of the bay.
Tommy was the first person I knew in my family to die. I was not close to him, but I loved him just the same. I was so saddened by his death and the fact that someone that young and handsome with so much to live for was gone. It was and is incomprehensible.
After all these years, I am finally able to say it. Thank you.
POSTED ON 1.20.2003
POSTED BY: Jim Gerity
It is our duty to remember.
Visit www.vva451.org and click on the Operation Remember banner for more details about this project of remembrance.
Jim Gerity
Chairperson
Operation Remember
Vietnam Veterans of America
Baltimore, Chapter 451
www.vva451.org