"To remember them is to honor them" that's the message Roger had.
Roger Mansell. Oct.8-1935-Oct.25-2010.
Rest in Peace, and thanks for everything.
His legacies in POW research and more. See the website: www.rogermansell.com
All things to nothingness descend,
Grow old and die and meet their end:
Man dies, iron rusts, wood goes decayed,
Towers fall, walls crumble, roses fade.
Nor long shall any name resound
Beyond the grave, unless 't be found
In some clerk's book; it is the pen
Gives immortality to men.
(written by Master Wace (born circa 1100)
University Research center on WW2 POWs.
Dear Thea,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind comment about my dad. I know he really put his heart into helping people with his research and so of course I am very proud of him.
Some good news: his book, CAPTURED: THE FORGOTTEN MEN OF GUAM, edited by historian Linda Goetz Holmes, will be published this fall by Naval Institute Press.
I made a website to honor my dad and provide information about his papers-- which he donated to Stanford University's Hoover Institute-- and his book at
www.rogermansell.com
His original research website, www.mansell.com is being continued by Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider.
Thanks and many regards from his daughter