PFC Schwendy #
MOS:
It's not even necessary for me to close my eyes to be able to picture Randy in my mind. I see him sitting next to me in our shared math class ... he, a nice-looking young man; me, a kid. We struggled to comprehend the assignments, and we smiled at each other when we were successful. (That didn't happen often enough!)
His pencil, which the teacher pulled from his fingers to smack him over the head, broke. I knew it didn't hurt, physically; Randy was a tough ol' farm boy. But his pride was damaged that day, though his eyes said it was okay. It wasn't.
The following year I sat in that classroom without him, knowing he was on his way to Vietnam. I asked his sister about him on occasion ... and then suddenly she and his other siblings were not in school. And the local news said he'd died.
We experienced a horrible snowstorm during the time of his calling hours and funeral. I thought it only right that nature mourn with me, crying tears of ice from a frozen soul.
I think of Randy often. I search out his name on The Wall whenever it travels north. And this aging woman cries a little for the nice-looking young man.
Jo-Ann∼Rifleman USMC, 1st PLatoon, A CO, 1st BN, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV.
PFC Schwendy died result of gunshot wound to the head and body from hostile fire while on patrol, Duong Lam 2 km W-NW of Tiy Loan bridge, South Vietnam. Six other marines died in this event.
Purple Heart Medal. (Coffelt Database)
MOS:
It's not even necessary for me to close my eyes to be able to picture Randy in my mind. I see him sitting next to me in our shared math class ... he, a nice-looking young man; me, a kid. We struggled to comprehend the assignments, and we smiled at each other when we were successful. (That didn't happen often enough!)
His pencil, which the teacher pulled from his fingers to smack him over the head, broke. I knew it didn't hurt, physically; Randy was a tough ol' farm boy. But his pride was damaged that day, though his eyes said it was okay. It wasn't.
The following year I sat in that classroom without him, knowing he was on his way to Vietnam. I asked his sister about him on occasion ... and then suddenly she and his other siblings were not in school. And the local news said he'd died.
We experienced a horrible snowstorm during the time of his calling hours and funeral. I thought it only right that nature mourn with me, crying tears of ice from a frozen soul.
I think of Randy often. I search out his name on The Wall whenever it travels north. And this aging woman cries a little for the nice-looking young man.
Jo-Ann∼Rifleman USMC, 1st PLatoon, A CO, 1st BN, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV.
PFC Schwendy died result of gunshot wound to the head and body from hostile fire while on patrol, Duong Lam 2 km W-NW of Tiy Loan bridge, South Vietnam. Six other marines died in this event.
Purple Heart Medal. (Coffelt Database)
PFC Schwendy #
MOS:
It's not even necessary for me to close my eyes to be able to picture Randy in my mind. I see him sitting next to me in our shared math class ... he, a nice-looking young man; me, a kid. We struggled to comprehend the assignments, and we smiled at each other when we were successful. (That didn't happen often enough!)
His pencil, which the teacher pulled from his fingers to smack him over the head, broke. I knew it didn't hurt, physically; Randy was a tough ol' farm boy. But his pride was damaged that day, though his eyes said it was okay. It wasn't.
The following year I sat in that classroom without him, knowing he was on his way to Vietnam. I asked his sister about him on occasion ... and then suddenly she and his other siblings were not in school. And the local news said he'd died.
We experienced a horrible snowstorm during the time of his calling hours and funeral. I thought it only right that nature mourn with me, crying tears of ice from a frozen soul.
I think of Randy often. I search out his name on The Wall whenever it travels north. And this aging woman cries a little for the nice-looking young man.
Jo-Ann∼Rifleman USMC, 1st PLatoon, A CO, 1st BN, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV.
PFC Schwendy died result of gunshot wound to the head and body from hostile fire while on patrol, Duong Lam 2 km W-NW of Tiy Loan bridge, South Vietnam. Six other marines died in this event.
Purple Heart Medal. (Coffelt Database)
MOS:
It's not even necessary for me to close my eyes to be able to picture Randy in my mind. I see him sitting next to me in our shared math class ... he, a nice-looking young man; me, a kid. We struggled to comprehend the assignments, and we smiled at each other when we were successful. (That didn't happen often enough!)
His pencil, which the teacher pulled from his fingers to smack him over the head, broke. I knew it didn't hurt, physically; Randy was a tough ol' farm boy. But his pride was damaged that day, though his eyes said it was okay. It wasn't.
The following year I sat in that classroom without him, knowing he was on his way to Vietnam. I asked his sister about him on occasion ... and then suddenly she and his other siblings were not in school. And the local news said he'd died.
We experienced a horrible snowstorm during the time of his calling hours and funeral. I thought it only right that nature mourn with me, crying tears of ice from a frozen soul.
I think of Randy often. I search out his name on The Wall whenever it travels north. And this aging woman cries a little for the nice-looking young man.
Jo-Ann∼Rifleman USMC, 1st PLatoon, A CO, 1st BN, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV.
PFC Schwendy died result of gunshot wound to the head and body from hostile fire while on patrol, Duong Lam 2 km W-NW of Tiy Loan bridge, South Vietnam. Six other marines died in this event.
Purple Heart Medal. (Coffelt Database)
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