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short video of the ritual at the cemetery in Cambridge
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The Intrepid Fallen Heroes
Fund was established in 2000 to provide financial
support for the dependents of United States military
personnel lost in performance of their duty.
Airbase where Lt. Albert and the 56th
Fighter Group were stationed.
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial page on the
American Battle Monuments website.
Wangford, UK, the village in England
where Lt. Albert's plane went down, and the site of the
memorial in the photo at the bottom of this page.
A riveting documentary produced by David Grosvenor
in Austin, Texas. David's father also flew with
the 56th Fighter Group and David's research led to the
discovery of the memorial in Wangford, England.
Thanks David! |
Wings of War
(Christine Albert, Chris
Gage, Steve Brooks)
Sutters Gold Music (BMI), Golly Gee Music (ASCAP), Steve
Brooks (BMI)
The fifth of February
1944
An airman’s plane came crashing
It shook the ocean floor
Upon the plains of England
He sleeps beneath his name
He never saw the falls
Of the Niagara again
His father worked the city desk
Each day he read the list
He’d print for all the families
Of the boys who would be missed
He read one name a second time
Then walked ten blocks alone
To tell his wife her baby boy
Would not be coming home
Rest your head fallen hero
Over on that foreign shore
May you wear the wings of angels
As you wore the wings of war
The 9th day of October
Sixty years have passed
A fleet of marble crosses
Floats on a sea of grass
I’ve come to find my uncle
His name is hard to see
Till we rub it with some sand
From the beach at Normandy
I wish that my
grandparents
Were standing by my side
They never came to Cambridge
The water was too wide
Our name will rest forever
Upon this field of stone
But in my heart my uncle
Is finally coming home
Rest your head fallen hero
Over on that foreign shore
May you wear the wings of angels
As you wore the wings of war
May you wear the wings of angels
As you wore the wings of war
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