Shadow box

Manuel Pino B/2/8th Cav 68-69
mpjr54@msn.com
Fellow Vietnam Army Vet
B Trp/3/4th Cav Rgt, 25th Inf Div

NOW SLEEP Peace has come. Now you can truly sleep,my son. The muddy field where you were laid Flag-draped, will now be green. Redbud and cherry blossoms can be seen Soon in bloom above your head. Arlington's Eternal Flame Flickers across granite rows To illuminate your name And then beneath it (with lightning's calm) Strikes in black the word VIETNAM On your own stone. Peace has come. Your medals may turn green In time, like your beret But forever there are those who'll say, "I live because he cared he came!"

Jul 29, 2007

manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
“You are Remembered”
Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. “He which hath no stomach, to this fight, let him depart. But we in it, shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother.” Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless you, for your Sacrifice!!!
Feb 2, 2007

ANONYMOUS AND GRATEFUL
HOW, CAN IT BE, THAT, SOMEONE SO YOUNG, CAN, GIVE THEIR LIFE, FOR OUR COUNTRY AND SO FEW, ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SACRIFICE. SOME, OF US CARE. THANK YOU, SEEMS SO INADEQUATE, BUT IT'S, ALL I HAVE.
Friday, September 02, 2005

doug snyder
c2555d@verizon.net
FELLOW, 25TH, INF., DIV., BROTHER
2555, MIDDLE WAY, EASTON, PA., 18040, USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
JUST, TO LET YOU, KNOW, THAT YOU, ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, HERO. THANK YOU, FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. DOUG, CO., A, 222ND, MECH., INF., 25TH, INF., DIV., 1968.
Monday, August 09, 2004

I'am Anonymous
Thank you, for letting me, enjoy feedom. you, are not forgotten and you are loved, very much. Aurthor, you gave so much, I pray, that the american, people will, never forget that, so many men, died, for our freedom. Aurthor, rest in peace.
Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Arthur Allen Callister was my favorite cousin. We played together, caused a little trouble together. He was a brave kid and a lot of fun. His birthday was just before mine, and I envied the great cakes his Mom made. We played cowboys and Indians and kind of gave our little sisters a hard time. I remember rolling down huge mountains of wool at his dad's business. Luckily we didn't get any ticks. My family moved away and I didn't see him a lot as I got older, but I loved him. He was a good kid and a good soldier and a good man. I miss him and I thank him for giving his life in service to his country.

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

Arthur,
Our class at Gridley High School in Gridley Illinois is doing a project to honor all the American Heroes who gave their lives fighting for our country and what it stands for. We will never forget the courageous sacrifice that you made so others could know the freedom you knew. Weill never be able to adequately thank or repay you, but we are sincerely grateful. You will always be remembered as an American Hero; courageous, brave, and free. God Bless you and your loved ones.
Sincerely,
Kaleigh Schlipf

Callister, Arthur Allen, CPL