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HONORED ON PANEL 26W, LINE 38 OF THE WALL
JAMES ESTREM BOUSQUET
WALL NAME
JAMES E BOUSQUET
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26W/38
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LEFT FOR JAMES ESTREM BOUSQUET
POSTED ON 2.21.2006
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
Never Forgotten
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
"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
POSTED ON 11.13.2004
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
James is buried at Ft Benning Post Cem. The cemetery says his unit was 1/12,4 INF DIV.
POSTED ON 6.1.2000
POSTED BY: Tim Murphy
Jim Remembered
I met Jim Bousquet my first day in the bush. I was his replacement as Platoon Leader; I remember how nervous I was, and how laid back and casual he seemed. I wondered if I could or would ever have that kind of confidence. He walked me through his positions, introducing me to the men - his ( now MY ) squad leaders, and tried to impart everything a raw lieutenant HAD to know, in a very short time.
Jim, as senior, became the Company Executive Officer, and over the next year, we became friends - he was our Link from the bush to base camp and was always there to hear our problems and needs. I remember how much Jim enjoyed sky-diving, and he regaled us with many hilarious tales over a beer or two. Because of his stories, I took up the sport briefly upon my return to 'The World'.
When Jim told me he was coming back out to the bush from the relative safety of Camp Enari, I tried to tell him he was 'Nuts' : He was due to go home any time, and his tour had already exceeded a year; But he told me, "Murph, I spent most of my time 'in the rear with the gear'; here's where I want to be." And that was that. A few days later, when I heard of the Contact that took him out, I couldn't believe it.
I barely believe it now, even though I've been down to visit him a few times at The Wall - I see him still: a half-assed grin on his face, he looks like he caught the Ultimate Free Fall .
Happy Landings, Bud - Murph
Wednesday, March 08, 2000
Jim, as senior, became the Company Executive Officer, and over the next year, we became friends - he was our Link from the bush to base camp and was always there to hear our problems and needs. I remember how much Jim enjoyed sky-diving, and he regaled us with many hilarious tales over a beer or two. Because of his stories, I took up the sport briefly upon my return to 'The World'.
When Jim told me he was coming back out to the bush from the relative safety of Camp Enari, I tried to tell him he was 'Nuts' : He was due to go home any time, and his tour had already exceeded a year; But he told me, "Murph, I spent most of my time 'in the rear with the gear'; here's where I want to be." And that was that. A few days later, when I heard of the Contact that took him out, I couldn't believe it.
I barely believe it now, even though I've been down to visit him a few times at The Wall - I see him still: a half-assed grin on his face, he looks like he caught the Ultimate Free Fall .
Happy Landings, Bud - Murph
Wednesday, March 08, 2000