A TRIBUTE

 


Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall photo by Gary "Doc" Thompson
 

To my friends--
heroes, fighter pilots all--
who will be a part of the dust
 of Southeast Asia till the end of time.
May their names, indelibly engraved on this Wall, likewise be found in the Book of Life.

 
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Vince Willett

Larry Whitford


Lance LaGrange


Lynn Hoffman

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JD Wetterling

Absent by God's Grace 

 

 

The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away;
blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 1:21b

 

 All the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to pass
.
Psalm 139:16

 

 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our affliction,
 so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction,
with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
II Corinthians 1:3-4

 

And here is my comfort, as well as the greatest comfort
I can offer to the loved ones of my departed friends:

 

...no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him.
1 Corinthians 2:9

 

 

Lord, I pray that I will see all my brothers in heaven. 
A hundred years from now, we'll heartily agree that 
the early arrivals were the most blessed souls.
Thank you for allowing me to fly with these eagles,
to spend a season in the company
of such courageous patriots.
In Christ's name,
 Amen.

 

  JD  

 

 

 

  The U.S. Air Force Hymn, by the USAF Band (choral)
High Flight

Read "Still the Noblest  Calling" 
See a moving photo gallery of The Wall
See photos from a long time ago in a land far away

See JD's latest book:  "No one..."

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