Robert Henry Littlefield

Corporal
A CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
26 January 1949 - 16 April 1968
Birmingham, AL
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3RD MARDIV

9TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Robert Henry Littlefield

29 Aug 2002

IF ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME

BOBBY,

I WAS SO BLESSED TO FIND YOU
THE PERSON I WAS BORN TO LOVE
THE SPECIAL KIND OF LOVE WE SHARED
IF ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

YOU CHANGED MY LIFE WITH JUST ONE KISS
YOU SURPASSED MY EVERYTHING
YOU GAVE YOUR ALL FOR LOVE AND LIFE
IF ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

YOU WERE ALL I EVER WANTED
YOU ARE ALL I WILL EVER NEED
I WISH EVERYONE COULD KNOW THIS KIND OF LOVE
IF ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

LIFE IS NOT FOREVER
LOVE IS.
YOUR WIFE
IF ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

SUZI


Bobby's wife Sue and Bobby


Bobby and another Marine MP at Parris Island


Bobby had a great love of family. May, 1967


Bobby at Con Thien. July, 1967


Bobby on R & R in Malaysia. November 4, 1967
On the left: a man in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Bobby called his wife that day.
They talked for over an hour.


Bobby, Khe Sanh, April 1968
Bobby on top, Isaac Lurke center, George Einhorn bottom

BOBBY,

THERE WAS A GOD IN HEAVEN
AND THE WORLD MADE PERFECT SENSE
WE WERE YOUNG AND SO IN LOVE
WE WERE EASY TO CONVINCE.

WE WERE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR EDEN
IT WAS JUST AROUND THE BEND
BUT THEN BEFORE WE KNEW IT
YOUR TOUR OF VIETNAM WAS TO BEGIN.

WE BELIEVED IN GOD AND COUNTRY
IN LOVE AND FAITH AND TRUST
BUT WHEN THIS WAR WAS OVER
WE WOULD LET NOTHING EVER SEPARATE US.

BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED
NEITHER ONE OF US COULD CONTROL
YOUR DEATH WAS LIKE A LIGHTED MATCH
HAS BEEN TOSSED INSIDE MY SOUL.

IT'S LIKE A DAM HAS BROKEN
HERE INSIDE MY HEART
HOW DO I CONVINCE MYSELF
WE WILL FOREVER BE APART?

FOR ALL THE MILES BETWEEN US
AND ALL THE TIME THAT HAS PASSED
MY HEART WILL FOREVER REMAIN WITH YOU
MY DEVOTION WILL FOREVER LAST.

I BELIEVED THE WHOLE WORLD HAD FORGOTTEN
THE SACRIFICES YOU AND OTHERS HAD MADE
I KNOW NOW YOUR MEMORY WILL REMAIN ALIVE
BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THE PRICE YOU PAID.

YOUR WIFE, YOUR SOUL MATE,
SUE

From his wife,
MRS. SUZI LITTLEFIELD
slittlefield@termnetinc.com

23 Mar 2001

A son, a brother, a husband.

Killed before he could build a life of his own.

From his brother,
Earl Winford Littlefield, Jr.
littlefieldearl@hotmail.com




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