HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

GOD BLESS AMERICA

JULY 4, 2011

Wishing all a very

Happy

4th of July

Proud to be

an

American

Stewart Wittel, USMC

(our family of choice)

He's an Eagle when He flies that big ole' jet for USA

and

for US!

Thank YOU Stewart and those you walk and fly with

keeping us free and safe.

We thank YOU and all who serve

and

we want you home safely!

May the Creator Bless YOU and your families

and

know this:

WE support YOU,

WE

believe in YOU

and

WE

thank YOU

I hope your flag is flying high

and

is matched by your spirit today

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Turn your volume UP!

STAND UP> Enjoy and "sing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyybjOKObrE&feature=related

We are so very blessed

to live among the free

because of the brave and those willing to stand.

Soar on

friends

while remembering those many men, women and service dogs

who are defending our freedoms,

those who gave all for US

and their families.

Enjoy all on this day

with each breath you take

each step you make

and

each and every choice

giving great thanks

that we are living in a country

that is

AMERICA.

Thank you soldier!

and

speaking of soldiers, I received this email,

and

what better day to pass it along and ask that you do the same:

I am also asking while passing this along to all you Warriors here,

for anyone who may have an family member, friend, affiliation with the U.S. Air Force to see if they have a connection that can help me find the family of Col. Patrick Fallon, "Firefly 26".

He became MIA on July 4, 1969. He is from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, has a wife and 2 daughters, who may have moved to Georgia. I have searched his website page- called a radio station to ask for help finding him, and asked someone at the VA if they had any suggestions. So far I've come up with nothing. I am hoping this email, that it can help as you pass it along to all your friends. I had wanted to send my POW/MIA bracelet that I have worn and had since the early 70's and just let them know I have thought of him often, prayed for him and them, and someone else, a stanger to them especially July 4th has always brought him to my mind...This is part of my bucket list- and every 4th I feel the need stronger to get this bracelet to his family. Any help would be appreciated! Here's his bio:

FALLON, PATRICK MARTIN



Name: Patrick Martin Fallon


Rank/Branch: O6/US Aif Force


Unit: Vice Commander, 56th Special Operations Wing, Nakhon Phanom RAFB,


Thailand


Date of Birth: 12 November 1921


Home City of Record: Pittsburgh PA (family in GA)


Date of Loss: 04 July 1969


Country of Loss: Laos


Loss Coordinates: 191700N 1030600E (UG004331)


Status (in 1973): Missing In Action


Category: 2


Acft/Vehicle/Ground: A1H


Refno: 1463


Other Personnel In Incident: (none missing)



Source: Compiled from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S.


Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families,


published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK in 1998.



REMARKS:


SYNOPSIS: Patrick Fallon was born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania November 12,


1921. He attended West Point, but dropped out in 1944 to serve in World War


II. In Korea, he flew 125 combat missions, and as a forward air controller,


parachuted behind enemy lines. He came home with a chest full of medals.






In 1968, Colonel Fallon elected to go to Vietnam, and departed for Nakhon


Phanom, Thailand in September 1969, to assume the position of Vice Commander


of the 56th Special Operations Wing. His wife and two daughters waited in


Florida for his return.

On July 4, 1969, Fallon and another A1 pilot were ordered to check out enemy activity near the town of Xiangkhoang at the edge of the Plain of Jars in Northern Laos. The flight was led by Col. Fallon, call sign Firefly 26, his wingman, Firefly 27. Fallon took his plane down low to observe the Pathet Lao positions, circled and came in for another pass. His plane was hit by

enemy fire at 200 feet, and Fallon bailed out.



Fallon reached the ground safely between two 4500 foot ridges. Pathet Lao troops and machine gun emplacements were on both ridges. Fallon's wingman called for assistance and rescue teams immediately. Firefly 27 was hit, but continued to lay protective fire until he was forced to leave the area. He subsequently made a crash landing in Thailand. Fallon maintained radio contact with the planes above him, but they were unable to rescue him

because of the enemy presence. His last transmission advised them, "Put it all around me, I'm hit".


When the Air Force came to Mrs. Fallon's door to inform her that her husband had been shot down, she was packed and ready to meet Pat on leave in Hawaii.


When his personal effects were shipped home, she discovered he had flown over 100 combat missions from NKP, received a Purple Heart and a Distinguished Flying Cross. He had never told her.

Through the years, reports have surfaced concerning Colonel Fallon as a prisoner of war in Laos. Mrs. Fallon has never given up her search for information on her husband's fate. He is one of nearly 600 Americans lost in the "secret war" in Laos. When the U.S. signed peace agreements, Laos was not included and no American prisoners held by the Lao were released.

Although the U.S. Government has received nearly 10,000 reports concerning Americans still missing in Southeast Asia, convincing many authorities that hundreds are still alive, the U.S. has been unable to find a way to free those men captured in Laos. One of them could be Colonel Patrick Fallon.


 
My heart is full,

with hope and promise,

I wish you enough.

Walk In Beauty

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