Tristan Whitney Hayes
Private First Class
HHC, 1ST BDE, 5TH INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Williamstown, Massachusetts July 25, 1948 to September 17, 1968 TRISTAN W HAYES is on the Wall at Panel W43, Line 15 |
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REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARSby a nephew.E-mail address is not available. |
Tristan and I were friends during the early 1960s in Morristown, New Jersey. As 8th graders, we were in the same Boy Scout troop and I considered him to be my best friend at the time. He had a fascination with things military even then and we once went into the city searching for die cast soldiers. He moved away and I learned of his death through our local paper. Several years ago, when my son was in 8th grade, I went with him on a class trip and chaperoned a group. I took them to the "Wall" and showed them Tristan's name. I talked about what type of young man he was at their age. I was soon surrounded by many others who listened, tears in their eyes. The reality of what a war is about was driven home to many children that day. About four years ago (2000), I discovered this site. As a social studies teacher, I have used the site to discuss the Vietnam war and bring it home with my middle school students. Tristan's memory lives on in ways we will never know.
From a friend, |
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