HONORED ON PANEL 5E, LINE 78 OF THE WALL
DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEY
WALL NAME
DOUGLAS D ALLEY
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5E/78
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEY
POSTED ON 1.4.2006
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
Never Forgotten
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
"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
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POSTED ON 9.13.2004
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Douglas is buried at Arlington Nat Cem.
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POSTED ON 2.26.2004
POSTED BY: Paige Porzelius
Thank You
My name is Paige Porzelius and I am a sophomore at Gridley High School in Gridley, Illinois. I am part of the Gridley High School Posting project. This project consists of posting remembrances to the veterans who laid down their lives for the good of the United States. I would just like to say thank you for your courage to fight for what you believed in. You save everyone is this country from facing future turmoil. I appreciate everything you have done and I consider you a hero.
Thank You
Paige Porzelius
Thank You
Paige Porzelius
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POSTED ON 3.19.2003
POSTED BY: verc1
Thank you
Dear Fallen Soldier
I am a senior from Gridley High School located in Gridley Illinois. Our class is making remembrances for the virtual wall for many of the soldiers that died in the Vietnam War. You and many other soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice for your family, friends, and your country. It is a privilege to live the United States Your service, loyalty, and love for this country is a priceless gift to this country. Sincerely
Brian Vercler
I am a senior from Gridley High School located in Gridley Illinois. Our class is making remembrances for the virtual wall for many of the soldiers that died in the Vietnam War. You and many other soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice for your family, friends, and your country. It is a privilege to live the United States Your service, loyalty, and love for this country is a priceless gift to this country. Sincerely
Brian Vercler
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