MAUREEN BRODERICK-ROSS Friday, 6/8/01, 3:37 PM

                            I KNEW  JOEY  WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE DATED MY

                           BEST FRIEND DAWNA. HE ALSO WAS MY SISTER SHEILA EAGLE'S

                           PAPER BOY AND USE TO COLLECT ON SUNDAY NIGHTS WHICH

                          WAS GOOD BECAUSE DAWNA AND I WERE BABY SITTING AND WE

                          GOT TO SEE HIM!! HE WAS A VERY SPECIAL PERSON AND FROM

                          WHAT  DAWNA TELLS ME HE HAS A WONDERFUL FAMILY!!

                          From: QUEENSBURY NY 12804 E-mail: mosie@adelphia.net

                           This entry was moved  from Shaman's Wanderings  8June2001 by Dan

                                             RICHARD L. MONTGOMERY

                                                              Thursday, 5/3/01, 12:32 PM

                            IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN OVER 30 YEARS. A NICE

                            TRIBUTE TO JOEY!

                            From: FORT EDWARD ...E-mail:
                            Did you Know Joey? How and when? YES. ABOUT 18 YEARS                    

                               an appreciative American Wednesday, 5/2/01, 2:00 PM

                            My father was a Brigade Commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade about the 

                           time Joey left this world (sometime between 1968 and 1972). I remember

                           reading my Dad's letters home (this was his 3rd war) and words that have        

                           always echoed in my mind were, "... my family, this is a miserable war ... the

                           four years I've spent in combat previously my goal was always to win. We had

                           the support to do so and did. This war is different. My goal is not to win, 

                           we  can't. Instead, all I've decided my job is, is to make sure our friends,

                           neighbors, and fellow citizen's sons return home alive and in one piece." On

                           behalf of my  Dad, I apologize that he failed to achieve his goal of bringing

                          Joey home safely.

                             I have visited THE WALL with my father on many occasions. On my

                           wife's   first  visit with us in 1993 she asked him how many people did he know.

                           His response was, "More than I wish to remember." She asked why that was.

                           The Colonel spoke, ramrod straight, with wetness in his eyes, "Because I

                           failed in bringing all my soldiers home safe to their mothers and fathers." He

                           then  walked away and I saw my Colonel, my father, cry for the first time in my

                           life. So many years later and the pain still exists ... even with those who never

                           saw  Joey learn to ride a bike.

 

                                       Dawna Mercure Sipowicz Saturday, 4/28/01, 4:51 AM  

                            I was only one of many girls who fell in love with this beautiful boy at first

                            sight. Introduced by his cousin Gail at a basketball game. Every time the

                            phone  rings late at night, I think it might be him. I think of him often and

                            optimistically  wonder "what if". He was just about perfect in my eyes.

                            I adore his family and thank them for their kindness in helping me stay

                            close.  Rest well, Joey.

                            From: Glens Falls, N>Y>
                            E-mail: sip@netheaven.com
                            Did you Know Joey? How and when? Very well - 1963/1970