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Our dead are not Unknown Soldiers.
We know who they are and wither they seek to go.
We know that some may languish in Purgatory until
the last earthly stain is wiped away and until the last earthly
injustice is repaired. We also know that we can speed their passage from a
Purgatory of shadow and pain to a Paradise of Happiness and Light.
Our prayers and masses and works of charity can assist our dead in gaining
entrance into the blessedness of heaven.
We love our dead.
We can help our dead.
Let us pray for them always.
Flowers wither upon their graves.
A daily garland of prayers is better than an armful of roses.
As we approach the Golden Memorial hour of the Catholic War Veterans, Eleven O'Clock,
Stand for a moment in silence,and let there rise from your heart
a prayer beseeching Almighty God, the Father of us all, to grant to the
souls of our departed comrades, a peace and glory that is theirs because
of the sacrifices they made that other men might live.
Our Honored Dead
Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Fr. Francis M. Vivona, S.T.M., J.C.L.
William Anton, United States Army
Eugene Eskildsen, United States Army
Paul J. Rice, United States Navy
Edward Keller, United States Navy
Julius W. Mayhew, United States Marine Corps
Kay D. DeNeal ‡:, United States Army
James Cobb, United States Army
J.J. Quinn ‡, United States Marine Corps
Frank Mataga, United States Military
Milton E. Buttle, United States Army
Gilman C. Farnham, United States Navy
Gerard E. Larock, United States Navy
Wilho E. Johnson, United States Army
Steven A. Estill, United States Air Force
William J. Dougherty, United States Army Air Corps
Louis A, Tabat, United States Air Force
Nicholas Vuolo, United States Army
Joaquin R. Sarabia ‡, United States Army
Jose P. Garcia, United States Air Force
Ernest E. Kiddell, United States Army
Charles W. Ruess, United States Army
George J. Pard, United States Navy
Willie C. Brewster, United States Army
Joseph Pavliga, United States Army Air Corps
John J. McBurney, United States Army
Arthur E. Forbes, United States Navy and Army
Frank J. Tamburano, United States Navy
Luther Winder ‡, United States Navy
Galyn Schumacher, United States Army
James D. Farnen, United States Navy
Jack Laing, United States Army Air Corps
Norman Chuck Selcer, United States Navy
Charles Castellon, United States Navy
Victor V. Valerino, United States Navy
Thomas J. Ward ‡, United States Army
Alfred Belanger, United States Army
Jose Alfonso Roybal, United States Navy
John C. Hahn, United States Navy
Bernard P. Borane ‡, United States Army
Eugene T. Roark ‡, United States Marines
Judge John Clair, United States Navy
‡ Charter Member
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