It will be fourty seven years since you were killed in action in May, but it seems like yesterday to me. You were a wonderful son Wayne, and always respected me. You always said you were going to be a Marine when you grew up. And you were a fine one.I know by the Awards you received, and your letters, and fellow Marines that have talked to me. I'll never forget how you said you were down south in Vietnam, and could hear them fighting away off. But now I know you were away up north, and in the fights. I love you son, I know you just didn't won't me to worry about you. Your Loving Mother, Shirley Mcjunkin

Shirley Mcjunkin, Mother