After serving as a Ranger LT and FSO in Iraq and a Bronze Star recipient, now Captain Weaver, due to Army "Stop Loss" will serve an additional 15 months in Afghanistan as an Artillery Commander with the 325th artillery, 101st Airborne. He has paid his dues!! We love you for your courage and commitment!!
Remembering you always in my heart your special angel.
Daddy, I just wanted to say how very much I miss you. Thank-you for serving four years of your life to keep us free here at home in America. I know it was hard on you and you would never talk about it. Mom stood by you every step of the way and you knew when you came home she was waiting. I LOVE YOU DADDY!
I am voting in 2004 in honor of my father, Austin C. Billings. He served his county with pride and determination during the Pacific campaign. I was his little girl waiting for him to return. And, I thank God that he did. I have the letters he wrote to me and a pair of tiny shoes woven by hand from native materials in the Phillipines. They hang by a pink bow in my den as a reminder of Dad's love for me while in the service of our country.
We love you and miss you very dearly. You did a wonderful job in fighting the war for your country. Your family misses you very dearly. You will always be remembered in our thoughts and prayers.
I am honoring my father, who served with the U.S. Marines during WWII.
Thank you for all that you did.
I wish to honor my husband, Alvin Clark Wagner, who at 18 went to Okanawa on the USS Lauderdale APA 179 a troop transporter.
Alton F. Sabin, Sr. was wounded in the South Pacific while a forward observer in the U.S. Army. He was shot by 2 bullets on his left arm and blown up by a bomb and lost his right hip. He was in the military hospital for 18 months. He lost the use of his left hand and dragged his right leg. He received a metal hip in the military hospital. He returned state side and regained the use of his left hand and his right leg. He was employed by the U.S. Post Office in Bangor as a letter carrier for 38 years.
This year, I will be voting in honor of my grandfather, Allison Bishop, who served bravely in the Navy during WWII on the USS Braine.
