THE WALL OF FACES

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

I am a senior at Gridley High School in Gridley, Illinois and I recently received the challenge to recognize and remember some of the Vietnam War Veterans. This challenge has been labeled the Gridley High School Posting Project. These men/women who paid the supreme sacrifice will always hold a great significance in my eyes and are extremely appreciated. I feel that this challenge is one that will make an impact to at least one family member, friend or acquaintance. So now, I challenge you, who are reading this to remember these amazing people who fought with immense amounts of bravery and heroism for their country.

I regret that you are not here today, but your memory lives on. When I think of you, I will always remember what you did at Vietnam. You fought for the rights and freedoms of people that you had never met, and sacrificed the most important thing that you ever could... your life. As a proud American, I salute you, dear soldier. Rest in Peace.

I am a senior at Gridley High School in Gridley, IL. I write this remembrance to you as
part of the Gridley High School Posting Project, a Project that ensures that those brave
men and women whom either perished or went MIA during the Vietnam War are not
forgotten.

Dear Johnny,
I am involved in the Gridley High School Posting Project and I am a student from Gridley, Illinois. I am writing remembrances for the soldiers who gave their lives during the Vietnam War. Their bravery and dedication will never be forgotten. I would like to take this moment to thank you, Johnny, for all that you did. You will always be remembered. God bless.
Sincerely,
Kelsey Zehr