THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Rest in eternal peace.

Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Parker Anderson Jr., Served with the 42nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force.

On April 8, 1969, a U.S Air Force Douglas EB-66B Destroyer (#53-0498) electronic reconnaissance plane from the 42nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing, crashed shortly after takeoff from Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base and killed the three crewmen aboard. According to witnesses’ reports, the Destroyer twin-engine jet failed to gain altitude after leaving the runway and hit an open paddy field about a mile and a half from the airstrip and burst into flames. The three lost crewmen included navigator LTC Edwin P. Anderson Jr., Electronics Warfare Officer (EWO) CAPT Joseph M. Orlowski, and pilot LTC James E. Ricketts. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “EB66 Crash Kills 3.” Pacific Stars & Stripes, April 11, 1969]

DEAR LT. COLONEL ANDERSON,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS A NAVIGATOR. ON THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND OF LABOR DAY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THOSE OF YOU WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO CELEBRATE. REST IN PEACE

Dear LTC Edwin P Anderson Jr, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter