CMSGT WILLIAM L MADISON
U.S. AIR FORCE
MIA MAY 15, 1966

I NEVER KNEW WILLIAM L. MADISON OR HIS FAMILY. IN FACT THEY LIVE HALF WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM ME. I WILL PROBABLY NEVER MEET HIS FAMILY, YET I WEAR A BRACELET WITH HIS NAME ON IT. PEOPLE LOOK AT ME STRANGELY, AFTER ALL I AM A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WEARS A BRACELET WITH A MAN'S NAME ON IT WHOM I NEVER MET.

I WAS ONCE ASKED WHY I WEAR IT. I GUESS I WANT TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THE WAR ISN'T OVER. NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LOST FAMILY MEMBERS OR THOSE WHOSE FAMILY MEMBERS NEVER CAME HOME. I KNOW THIS IS A MEMORIAL PAGE, SO THIS MY MEMORIAL:

TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE STILL THERE OR WHO WERE FORGOTTEN BY THE MAJORITY OF SOCIETY, DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE BECAUSE IN A SMALL TOWN OF CALIFORNIA THERE IS A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WILL DO ANYTHING SHE CAN TO KEEP YOUR MEMORY ALIVE. TO ALL THOSE WHO DID NOT COME HOME YOUR MEMORY IS ALIVE AND I HOPE YOU REST IN PEACE

N. GREEN