FALLEN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN EDMOND J. LANDERS, SS, BSM, PH. born on 7th July 1937 Oola, County Limerick, Ireland. Officer Commanding Company 'A', 2nd. Battalion, 18th. Infantry, 1st. Infantry Division, UNITED STATES ARMY Killed in Action at Gia Dinh,Vietnam Sunday 15 May 1968 MAY HE REST IN PEACE "However horrible the incidents of war may be; the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is the noblest development of mankind" General Douglas MacArthur, United States' Military Academy, Westpoint, NewYork State, 12 May, 1962. |
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