COUNTRY GIRL
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God belss America and all who have and are fighting for this great country we call home!
COUNTRY GIRL said:Neat pictures River, where is that?
fossis said:River Rat said:Two of my classmate's names are here, a few other locals from my area On my second trip I got etching of the names, one name I could not reach. Someone went to the back up on the grass and leaned down to get the etching, it was a military function I was on, when I got back to the bus, I was crying uncontrollably. My pictures are stored away, taken at night in the snow.
I also have friends names on 'The Wall', one is LT. Sam Bird, (He was in charge of the Kennedy Pallbearers).
After I came home, & his tour with 'The Old Guard' was over, on his second tour in Vietnam, he was shot up in a Helicopter, just a few days before he was to go home.
He returned home, married his High school sweetheart, but lived in great pain until his death several years later, a buddy wrote a story for the Readers Digest about him it is called (The Courage Of Sam Bird), I am saving the book for my children.
The other name is John Finch, a buddy for about a year, then he volunteered, & was killed on his first mission, (he had an identical twin in another company).
I had the Honor of marching beside the 'Cassion', as we took him to Arlington Cemetary, we folded the flag & gave it to the next of kin, that was one of my 'saddest days ever', & the playing of 'Taps', always takes me back.
Let us never forget our 'Heroes', GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Fossis...............