THE WALL OF FACES

This remembrance is to let you know that you are not forgotten. Your bravery represents our great country. You did not serve in vain. My generation will keep your memory and the memory of your commrades alive.

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

David is buried at Arlington Nat Cem.

As part of the Gridley High School Posting Project I am leaving remembrances for our fallen heroes of the Vietnam War. To all who read this, may you always remember and appreciate those who gave their lives to preserve us. We owe you soldiers for standing strong against criticism from your own side, and fighting for a greater cause, because it’s what had to be done. You are not forgotten, and will always be held in high esteem.

Although I don't know you, I want you to know how much you've impacted my life. You so willingly gave your life in Vietnam and because of that willingness and courage, you will never be forgotten. Thank you for being our hero and for setting an example of dedication for future generations to follow. You'll be in our hearts forever.

Thank You!!
Jen Steffen