The Wall Of Broken Dreamsms
CARLEY REMEMBERED
A Poem by Jerry Conners
Recon, 1966
face down crawling
the pain does not matter anymore
they can not help me,
Don't try he yells
to those nearby
must it end
the ground is warm,
the smell of the earth
the fallen leaves in hand
engulfed in the sounds of withering fire
touched twice again
he grimaces and smiles
through gritted teeth
alone without strength
must it end,
colder now
shaking
unable to breathe
or tear the collar too close
about his neck
struggling frantically
to hold on
numb now,
through squinted eyes some light,
soaked in blood
fingers slowly grasping emptiness
swaying in the arms of death
let there me more
A Poem by Jerry Conners
Recon, 1966
face down crawling
the pain does not matter anymore
they can not help me,
Don't try he yells
to those nearby
must it end
the ground is warm,
the smell of the earth
the fallen leaves in hand
engulfed in the sounds of withering fire
touched twice again
he grimaces and smiles
through gritted teeth
alone without strength
must it end,
colder now
shaking
unable to breathe
or tear the collar too close
about his neck
struggling frantically
to hold on
numb now,
through squinted eyes some light,
soaked in blood
fingers slowly grasping emptiness
swaying in the arms of death
let there me more
Recon Platoon 2nd squad- June 1966-All painted up with no place to go. Right!
Carley- KIA June 1966
at Tuy Hoa
at Tuy Hoa
Sergeant Frank Bishop-1966
So young yet so dangerous
So young yet so dangerous
Duke (Pleiku Air Strip) Keijo
Duke and Steven King
MASH unit near Bong Son
October/1966
King- KIA Feb. 1967 at Bong Son
MASH unit near Bong Son
October/1966
King- KIA Feb. 1967 at Bong Son
MOVE! MOVE!!
A couple of my rowdy friends
A couple of my rowdy friends
"Mission Accomplished"
Glenn Duke
On our way back to the "world"(note worn out trooper in back)
Glenn Duke
On our way back to the "world"(note worn out trooper in back)
Duke Randy (KIA-66)
Bishop- Hale- Duke
Above-The Author "Duke" in 1966
in Vietnam
in Vietnam
Duke and Keijo living the
"Good Life" with
Vienna Sausage & beer
"Good Life" with
Vienna Sausage & beer
Popping the silk
Chopper pilot view on approach to
"Hot" LZ
"Hot" LZ
Copyright Robert Hodierne
Glenn & Carriger
"Gotta a Problem?"
"Gotta a Problem?"
(40 years plus after the war) 2008
in Las Vegas
in Las Vegas
Copyright Robert Hodierne
Left
Sergeant "Rock" Musial
Valentines Day 2/14/67
He earned one of his Bronze Stars
there, but that's not what pricks his
memory. It's Skip Baumann, a
20-year-old private. "He kept getting
up to see them and I said, 'Get down!'
And God darn it, he got hit. I got him
and was holding him." Musial paused
to use his oxygen. "The reason I
remember him so well is his last
question. 'Am I good soldier?' he asks.
I said, 'Hey, you're a great soldier,
you're the top. You're airborne.' And,
of course, he passed away."
Excerpt from "A soldiers Story"
by Robert Hodierne
Readers Digest-May 2002
Sergeant "Rock" Musial
Valentines Day 2/14/67
He earned one of his Bronze Stars
there, but that's not what pricks his
memory. It's Skip Baumann, a
20-year-old private. "He kept getting
up to see them and I said, 'Get down!'
And God darn it, he got hit. I got him
and was holding him." Musial paused
to use his oxygen. "The reason I
remember him so well is his last
question. 'Am I good soldier?' he asks.
I said, 'Hey, you're a great soldier,
you're the top. You're airborne.' And,
of course, he passed away."
Excerpt from "A soldiers Story"
by Robert Hodierne
Readers Digest-May 2002
The original "Rambo"
Frank Spickler
Frank Spickler
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