 I first found out about my grandfather Lester after I had commissioned. I came home for Christmas leave and told everyone my stories about OCS and my great-grandmother, so Lester's would-be daughter-in-law, said, oh, well, you had a grandfather in the Marine Corps, too. And I didn't know it at the time, and so she pulled out a photo of him with two other Marines and said, yeah, that's your grandfather in the middle. And he was killed somewhere in France. I am Captain Ashley Ann Wallace, great-great-granddaughter of private Lester Wayne Mullins, killed 11 June 1918 in Bellawood. So that's all I had known initially, and my grandfather, Lester's grandson, pulled out a file and there's a few letters in there from Lester, one which said that they were in France and they were talking about the cows and the lago train and how they were great cows. And then I later found out that he was in Bellawood with the six Marines and was killed in Bellawood. So a brand new second lieutenant full of Marine Corps, sprit of corps, it was amazing, it was amazing to find out that information. My family's very proud of their history, and even though Lester's getting to France wasn't under the most ideal circumstances, Lester wanted a little bit more out of life before settling down into parenthood. They were extremely proud to send me over there with as much knowledge as they had to pass on and to say, oh yeah, go over there, see him, and by the way, visit this place while you're there because that's where his grandson was, and then to come back and tell them what I saw and what it was like to see the gravestone. Having been the second person in our family now to see it was a great way to pull everybody back together and just add another chapter to our family's history. So having never met my grandfather and never having been to Bellawood, coming here it helps me to connect with the family member I've never met and also to help connect with a piece of Marine Corps history that had both together just make it such an incredible experience. So for me to be able to connect with my family member and share the experience with all the other Marines that are here, I'll remember it forever. When we discovered that's approximately where he was killed and then a few yards from there that's where he was temporarily buried along with other Marines that were killed that day. We stop and we look around and we see the woods haven't changed that much. Sure there's new growth and everything but the sight line is basically the same. So to know that that's where he took his last breath, saw his last vision and then to know that he never saw the baby waiting for him at home. He never came home to see the Rockies again. It makes you think, God, I mean he made the ultimate sacrifice just like so many Marines and soldiers have done for years in the past. So although he left Colorado not under the best circumstances he probably should have held out for his responsibilities. He left to serve and he served like he said he would. He just never made it home.