THE WALL OF FACES

You are missed my friend. SEMPER FI

There is a place
Not far from here
Where spirits walk
And heroes live
And honor still resides.

It is a wall
With names inscribed
Of those who served
When they were asked...
The brothers of my youth.

I go there still
To walk and think
About my life,
And what I've done since
And things that might have been.

There is a debt
I can't repay
Too many lives were spent.
And one man's life cannot suffice
To make their deaths worthwhile.

But there is hope
In the memory
Of those we leave behind
Who know the price that freedom brings
Who can carry on in kind.

I send you now
To touch a name
So the vision can be passed
Remember there is honor still
It is for you to see it lasts.

They are not dead
And have a wish
As all old soldiers do
The reflection you see before you now
Is their wish to live in you.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fi, Marine

Dear Lcpl Glenn Sanders, Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. I researched you on your 75th birthday, happy birthday. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Thanksgiving is in a few days. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

I think of Glenn often. I remember him as a fine young man and friend at school. I went to Vietnam also and retired from the USAF. I am 75 now and Glenn would have been 74. I often wonder what Glenn and the other four Etowah schoolmates would be doing now if they had made it back. Thank you Glenn for your service to our country and your great sacrifice. May God bless your soul. Semper Fi brother.