INWARDLY WOUNDED IN COUNTRY..VIETNAM...1966-1968..P.T.S.D. SO RUGGED I HELD MY BELOVED IN THE NIGHT, AS HE WHIMPERED IN PAINFUL DREAMS..MY SOLDIER, SEMPER FI, I SO LOVE HIM, WE ALL DID...
THE HEART GAVE AWAY AT ONLY 48 YEARS OF AGE, ALONG WITH THE WEARY STRUGGLE, YET I FOUND THE PAPERS HE LEFT BEHIND FOR ME, FOR YOU, ALL OF YOU SOLDIERS, WE ARE ALL IN GODS ARMY THEY SAY, NEVER BREAK STRIDE, NO MATTER WHAT, STAY FOCUSED, KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS, THATS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS BELOVED ONE...
PAPERS LEFT UNFINISHED, INTENDED TO OUTREACH TO OTHER HURTING VIETNAM VETS AND THEIR FAMILIES..GOD GAVE ME THIS VISION HONEY....ONLY HIS COMMANDER IN CHIEF ORDERED HIM TO REPORT HOME...TO HEAVEN.....PAPERS...COMMANDOS FOR CHRIST...
HE CALLED ME SOLDIER LADY.....YOU CAN DO IT, JAN. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND...HE KNEW HE WAS DYING...SO RUGGED MY MARINE...SO GENTLE INSIDE, COVERED UP OF COURSE...(SMILE) HE WOULD WANT ME TO CONTINUE, SO MUST ALL OF YOU....WE MUST BE STRONG..WITH A GENTLE STRENGTH, THE KIND OF BOLD GENTLENESS THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE. THIS WORLD, GOVERNMENT , WELL ....JUST LOOK TO JESUS, O.K? I SO MISS YOU MY HUSBAND, MY MARINE....THE SOFT TOUCH OF MY HAND WILL NOT TRIGGER FLASHBACKS IN YOU ANYMORE, FOR YOU HAVE THE TOUCH OF THE MASTERS HAND UPON YOU...YOU SALUTE MY LORD FOR ME JIMMY...UNTIL ...I SEE HIM, AND YOU BELOVED....
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN TO VIETNAM MYSELF...THE STUFF YOU SAID, THE STUFF YOU DIDN'T SAY..THE LOUDNESS, THE SILENCE...ITS OVER....YOU ALWAYS SANG..THIS SONG YOU SAID GOD GAVE YOU..."GOTTA KEEP MARCHIN', MARCHIN; MARCHIN, MARCHIN THROUGH THIS LAND, GOTTA KEEP MARCHIN, MARCHIN, MARCHIN......NEVER COULD GET THE FINAL VERSE TO THAT SONG FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ,,UNTIL...JUST BEFORE....YOU BURST INTO A BIG OLD SMILE FROM EAR TO EAR, JAN, HONEY, I GOT IT, GOD SAYS...KEEP ON MARCHIN....TIL I TAKE HOLD OF THE FATHERS HAND.....YOU SMILED, I STOOD STILL..8-21-99 YOUR FINAL FAREWELL SALUTE MY MARINE:
JIMMY LYNN SHELL, UNITED STATES MARINE CORP. VIETNAM...GOD SAW YOU THE WHOLE TIME THROUGH....SO FAREWELL, MARINE, YOU FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, YOUR RAN THE RACE, AND KEPT THE FAITH.....BELOVED...REST IN PEACE ...4-EVER COMMANDO, I AM PROUD OF YOU, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER THAT YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR 100% DISABILITY UNTIL AFTER YOU DIED, \ YOU GAVE 100 PER CENT IN VIETNAM, AND THE DAY YOU ENTERED THAT WAR YOU WERE COMPLETELY SERVICE CONNECTED. I AM SO GLAD THAT THERE IS NO "RED TAPE" WHERE YOU ARE DARLIN'....MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL VETERANS EVERYWHERE....
ANYONE KNOWING MY JIMMY, MARINE : JIMMY LYNN SHELL...PLEASE RESPOND, HE WAS GONE TO DOMICILIARY CARE SO MUCH...PORTLAND OREGON , WHITE CITY, NORTH CAROLINA VA, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, BILUXI, MISSISSIPPI, LIKE SO MANY P.T.S.D. VETS. GOD BE WITH YOU ALL....IN LOVING MEMORY OF : COMMANDO FOR CHRIST: MARINE" "JIMMY LYNN SHELL" DIED: 8-21-98-BURIED IN LOUISIANA. FULL MILITARY HONORS, 21 GUN SALUTE..MY BELOVED BUDDY...MY MARINE.....MY HERO...MY HUSBAND....ROMANS 8:31 IF GOD BE FOR YOU ...WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU? (ONE OF YOUR INTENDED COMMANDO FOR CHRIST BIBLE VERSES.
IF ANYONE OUT THEIR KNEW MY HUSBAND, OR IF YOU ALSO ARE A WIDOW, LETS KEEP IN TOUCH AND HELP EACH OTHER HELP EACH OTHER. EMAIL: encontacto@deltech.net
UNITED STATES MARINE: JIMMY LYNN SHELL ..VIETNAM VETERAN FAREWELL SALUTE..IS IN ORDER ...HERE... DIED 8-21-98