[BykrBayb]

Conor, the sight of the vets carrying those barrackades touched me deep down in my soul. I thank you, and my husband thanks you, for going and being a part of this. God bless you.

[ConorMacNessa]

It touched me as well, BikyBayb! I walked up to the Wall and there was a line of our vets, families and patriotic citizens carrying Barackades in the direction of the WH. As I walked down to the Wall, there were a couple of Park Rangers standing at the side. They did nothing - I think they were with us. I was unimpeded on my walk through the Wall past the names of over 56,000 of my Fallen Brothers and Sisters in Arms.

I couldn't find the book at the west end of the Wall, but I went on my phone to the Virtual Wall and found the names of my 3/5 Brothers who fell in the Mothers' Day Massacre, 11May1969, among them, HM/3 Jerome Menter, on his second tour in Nam.

Also, on 21Jun1969, Pfc. Jack Murdock, USMC - a Brother and friend. We often shared coffee and cocoa together - and played a card game the name of which I can't remember. He was 19 years old when he died. I have posted on the circumstances of his death before - it still stings over four decades later.

God Bless their Valiant Souls! They shine forever in Youth and Bravery!



EAGLES UP! Sunday 13 October 2013 at 0900 – WWII Memorial on the National Mall!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)