HONORED ON PANEL 5W, LINE 93 OF THE WALL
JAMES FREW COLLINS
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JAMES F COLLINS
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5W/93
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LEFT FOR JAMES FREW COLLINS
POSTED ON 12.6.2011
For CWO2 James Frew COLLINS, USA...one of four Vandergrift's sons, who gave his all for our country
He loved us so.
Every day, in a hundred ways, he told us so.
In honesty, in affection, he told us so.
He loved us so.
Every day, in a hundred ways, he showed us so.
With loyalty and bravery, he showed us so.
MR. Collins (Warrant officers are addressed as 'Mister'), your sacrifice was NOT in vain. Our AMERICA is still free, a stong and free nation. You took your final flight for your country, and we all are thankful for your service to our land. I know I am, I was a soldier myself, though unfortunately I didn't serve in Nam---theys ent me to Germany instead. But I believe that Avonmore's Jill Corey, who is one of my THREE favorite songbirds (along with Julie Andrews and Dusty Springfield), would be proud of your service to our country and the fact that you defended liberty everywhere!
He was our defender, and he kept us free!
He took an oath to guard us, and fought for liberty!
He loved us so, and we should know.
For we loved him so.
Every day, in a hundred ways, he told us so.
In honesty, in affection, he told us so.
He loved us so.
Every day, in a hundred ways, he showed us so.
With loyalty and bravery, he showed us so.
MR. Collins (Warrant officers are addressed as 'Mister'), your sacrifice was NOT in vain. Our AMERICA is still free, a stong and free nation. You took your final flight for your country, and we all are thankful for your service to our land. I know I am, I was a soldier myself, though unfortunately I didn't serve in Nam---theys ent me to Germany instead. But I believe that Avonmore's Jill Corey, who is one of my THREE favorite songbirds (along with Julie Andrews and Dusty Springfield), would be proud of your service to our country and the fact that you defended liberty everywhere!
He was our defender, and he kept us free!
He took an oath to guard us, and fought for liberty!
He loved us so, and we should know.
For we loved him so.
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POSTED ON 9.11.2010
POSTED BY: mary susan collins
miss you jim
hey Jim, its me again susan, i've tried so many times to find your family so they could get to know your son and grandson but just couldn't locate any of them. Jimmy is 40 yrs. old now and reminds me a lot like you, and christopher will be 18 in December and he's doing doing fine, he has a kidney disease but i know you are looking down from heaven protecting him. I hope to see you again one day. susan
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POSTED ON 3.20.2009
POSTED BY: ethel jane [rairigh] stearman
we must remember....them
Jim---you were one of four from our class of '66 that didn't make it back. Your bravery, honor and sacrifice will never be forgotten.
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POSTED ON 1.10.2006
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 3.20.2003
POSTED BY: T.j. Collins
Thanks
With rumors of war in the air and the possibility of many young Americans going
to war I hope that we will be as brave as you were during times like these. You gave your
life for our country at a young age but it was not in vain. I pray that every current soldier
will be as brave and have as much courage as you.
Thanks again
T.j.Collins
to war I hope that we will be as brave as you were during times like these. You gave your
life for our country at a young age but it was not in vain. I pray that every current soldier
will be as brave and have as much courage as you.
Thanks again
T.j.Collins
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