THE WALL OF FACES

I lived down the street from the handsome Alert boys, and we were all so devastated that your mother was now a "Gold Star Mother" and we all wept. I still think of you every Memorial day. Gone too soon.

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

As long as you are remembered you will never die...

Private First Class Robert Joseph Alert Jr., Served with the Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Third Marine Amphibious Force.

Picture posted by Tom Clark, Teacher and Students, Lake Central High School, St. John, Indiana.
Please watch our video about what we have been doing in the classroom for the past 32 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohw6D-bcfPU
Picture from the Plain Dealer Library

Through all, until that dreadful day, a brother then and forever. Always with a warm greeting and an even warmer heart, you touched us all with your bravery and uncommon valor to do what must be done!

I hope that Father God will some day see fit to reunite us again my brother, forever in my heart!