Gill Robb Wilson Memorial Ceremony

 

On Memorial Day, 30 May 2005, tribute was paid to Gill Robb Wilson, CAP's first executive officer as well as other fallen CAP members at Forest Lawn in Covina, California.  Chaplain Lt. Col. Jack Nahrstadt and Capt. Karen Nahrstadt were in attendance representing the Squadron 45.  In remembrance, Chaplin Nahrstadt read the following passage:

 

 

"My Flag and I"

Two of us this vigil keep,

Mid summer rains and winter show,

Month by month and year by year,

As seasons come and seasons go,

Remember, as you pass my grave,

I am not dead, I cannot die.

So long as you will keep the faith,

We live - my flag and I.

Pity, no; nay, envy me

My place against the morning sky,

So long as you will guard us well,

We live - my flag and I.