THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from fellow marine Bob Hood is touching and reflects his admiration and respect for you. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us….

Dear Sgt Emil Ziss, Thank you for your service as a Rifleman. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is spring and Lent. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance, and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

May those who served never be forgotten. Rest in peace SGT. Ziss, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family. Semper Fidelis!

My grandfather, Robert (Bob) Hood was the first to post a "rememberance" on this page in what seems to be 2002, a year after I was born. I would highly reccommend you read his post if you wish to know a bit more about Emil. I did not know much about Emil beyond what was posted here on this page, but his name was a common one in my house growing up. I always knew that my grandfather carried him on his wrist in the form of a rememberance bracelet, and the same picture you see at the top of the page was printed out and framed in my grandfather's office.

Sadly, it is currently 2/4/2021, and my grandfather has died during the COVID-19 pandemic and to the disease itself. This happened just a week or so ago. I write this so that it is known that with the death of my grandfather, Emil's still remembered by the family. I have carried a bracelet of another of my grandfather's friends for a few years now, since I was about 13 (currently 19), and now I carry the bracelet of Emil Ziss, and will until I die, hopefully passing the responsibility onto my own children.

I do this so that his memory is kept alive. I might not have known the man personally, but I will never forget the stories my grandfather told me, and what they meant to him.

I will not forget.

My grandfather, Bob Hood, served with Emil in Nam', and sadly, recently passed due to COVID-19. He was the first person to post here in this website in 02'. Growing up, I was told about Emil to a decent extent... It was hard for my grandfather to speak about Vietnam besides some token things he told family, an experience I think most of people like me (who have Vietnam veterans as grandfathers and fathers.)

I would like to say that I now wear Emil R. Ziss like my grandfather, and that Emil's memory will be kept by me, and hopefully my children. It's the least I could do.

God bless all who read this, please remember this man.