THE WALL OF FACES

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.

Never forgotten.

Welcome Home.

Thank you for your service! Sir, I remember looking across the street and you playing with Claude Junior and David. That is The only memory of you. You are a brave airman from Monte Vista, Colorado. Your ultimate sacrifice will not be forgotten. You are a proud American. May God bless you and rest in peace.

Dear LTC Claude Silva, Thank you for your service as an Electronic Warfare Officer. I researched you on your 55th anniversary, sad. Glad you were identified in 2002, Welcome Home. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Happy Valentine’s Day and Presidents' Day. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Information about former POW/MIA Lieutenant Colonel Claude Arnold Silva, U.S. Air Force, from the POW Network website is at this link:

https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/s/s028.htm