THE WALL OF FACES

We were always so close. Miss our dancing time back in the day.
Rest in peace my loving brother.

Amazingly I thought of you today and found you in seconds here, I miss you my brother! Happy Birthday in Heaven Vince!

My brother was home on leave for Christmas days prior to his death, it was the last most beautiful Christmas I ever had in my 63 years of life. I remember it like it was yesterday because there was a great void and shift afterwards in our lives. Vincent loved me and attended me as if I was everything to him, my mother used to tell him not to smother me but he always made me laugh. He was my oldest brother, there was Robert Torres the third oldest of us five. He was selfish to himself, I never had any real guidance from him. My father was my northern star. The night of my brothers death I remember going to my bedroom and lying in my bed looking out of the window in front of my bed, I was counting tree leaves when all of a sudden I felt someone sit on my bed I watched the mattress sink down. I panicked but was frozen in place, I tried to scream but nothing came out. Out of nowhere I smelled my brother and I felt warm all over, the mattress raised and he was gone. I ran to my mothers side of my parents bed in a panic, my mother grabbed me and I was safe. I didn't understand until the next day when I got home from school, our house was full of family members and they were crying. I went directly to my room and started crying also, at that moment I knew what had happened. This is the first time I tell this story of Vinnie, he was a kind hearted wonderful person. He wanted to become a Vet.

Hey Uncle, I am right now finding out about your sacrifice. From the farthest reaches of my heart & soul I thank you. @ngel torres jr.

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. You died at 18 years of age. I am 74 and have lived a long and fulfilling life. It is tragic you never had that same opportunity. May you rest in eternal peace.