CWO Michael T. Blaise
CWO Michael T. Blaise
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Charlie Gili
October 27, 2021
Hello,
We apologize for being so late in expressing our deepest condolences to you and your family. We want you to know that we will be sending Care Packages to deployed troops this holiday season and several of these will be dedicated to your loved one. Each package will carry the name, photo, service branch, rank and hometown of Michael T. Blaise US Army Chief Warrant Officer.
We realize that this is a small tribute, but we do this with all respect and sincerity and we want you to know that it is made possible by thousands of like-minded individuals from across the American youth hockey community, their families, friends and others who support our mission.
We will not forget. May God Bless you and keep you safe and strong.
Sincerely,
Charlie Gili & Family
On Behalf of our US Hockey Players Support Our Troops Campaign
Kory Thompson
September 19, 2017
To the Mother and FatherGod bless yall for raising a great American Hero. There are no words for my families appreciation for yalls loss. RIP Michael Blaise, and it was an honor for myself and my wife to ride the "Blaisen a trail" in 2008 Honoring another hero, Brady Rudolf and being the first family of an enlisted man, UD Army Cpl. Michael E. Thompson to honored by the Combat Helicopter Pilots Association. Love ya Brother Terry. Think of you and the riders often .
Peggy Childers
January 23, 2013
To the family and friends of CWO Michael T. Blaise:
It has truly been my honor to sign Michael's guest book these past few years. Unfortunately, due to complications from my Multiple Sclerosis, this may be the last message I'm able to write. Please forgive me and know that Michael will always be remembered in my home.
With love and respect ~ Peggy
Goose
January 22, 2013
Mike, I salute you, You saved 1000's of soldiers lives by flying your bird over them, like an angle sent from god. Some will never know and others will remember forever the noisy green angle that saved them from the enemy.
Kate, I just finished the book, it took ten years, I cried for the last 4 chapters. I was on TOC duty when I herd the news. Mike was in my class at Rucker, we were both former infantryman and couldn't spell or write worth a darn. Thank You for the story and memories, see you all at fidlers green.
Goose
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June 5, 2012
Thank you Mike Blaise and family for serving this country well. Hope all is well.
Peggy Childers
January 23, 2012
To the family and friends of CWO Michael T. Blaise:
Always remembering Michael. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
January 23, 2011
To the family and friends of CWO Michael T. Blaise:
Please accept my remembrance of Michael on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Peggy Childers
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Peggy Childers
January 23, 2010
To the family and friends of CWO Michael T. Blaise:
Remembering Michael on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
In Memory of Michael ~ (Debra Estep)
February 6, 2009
Holding you all in my thoughts and prayers.
The Wind on The Downs
“I like to think of you as brown and tall,
As strong and living as you used to be,
In khaki tunic, Sam Brown belt and all,
And standing there and laughing down at me.
Because they tell me, dear, that you are dead,
Because I can no longer see your face,
You have not died, it is not true, instead
You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe;
I hear you laughing as you used to do,
Yet loving all the things I think of you;
And knowing you are happy, should I grieve?
You follow and are watchful where I go.”
(Written by Marian Allen during World War l )
Two lines that I wish you to keep near your heart…….
“You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe”
I did not know Michael, but I am remembering
his service. He is my hero. !
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The Other Side
i'm over on the other side
where life and death softly divide.
left my skin and bones behind
now i'm over on the other side.
can you feel me there with you?
my breath is gone but i'm not through.
loved you then and i still do
from over on the other side.
i can fly. really fly.
below the earth ... all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side.
it's good here on the other side.
the sweetest songs...the bluest skies.
thank you for the tears you cried
but it's good here on the other side.
i can fly. really fly. below the earth...all through the sky.
tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side
the world is smaller than a needle's eye.
where life and death softly divide.
when you leave your skin and bones behind
i'll be waiting on the other side.
i can fly. really fly. below the earth ... all through the sky.
go tell em all i did not die.
i'm just over on the other side.
Song lyrics by Don Conoscenti
C Desert Muse/SESAC
www.donconoscenti.com
(Used with permission)
“I hope it brings great comfort to any and all.
Peace on you. DonCon” 4-2008
The Other Side –
(To hear the song)
http://tinyurl.com/3o8gol
Sincerely,
Deb Estep ~ Ohio
Proud Air Force Mom SSgt Vince – Lackland AFB
Remembering The Fallen – Blog
http://tinyurl.com/3z8p55
Angel and soldier drawing I have shared here.
http://tinyurl.com/6gey8b
Michelle Joynt
January 24, 2009
On the 4th anniversary of CWO Michael Blaise, I wanted to take a moment and thank his family for your sacrifice. He is with God...but I know it's hard for you.
May you find peace and know that we, as Americans, have not forgotten what he did for all of us.
Blessings,
Michelle
Debbie , Kenny Coffey
January 23, 2009
Our continued thoughts and prayers out to the Blaise family and all who have been giving the opportunity to know Mike.Knowing now few of the many things that they have always known are but a few of the many reasons that our Heroes shall NEVER be forgotten.Thank You.
Peggy Childers
January 23, 2009
To the family of CWO Michael T. Blaise:
Michael gave the ultimate sacrifice and will be held in the hearts of Americans forever. I cannot and will not let our fallen heroes be forgotten. My deepest sympathy to you. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Panama 1995 Blaise (top) messing around
December 20, 2008
Panama 1995 Blaise (back) taking a breather
December 20, 2008
Panama 1995 Blaise could never handle his Gatorade
December 20, 2008
Panama 1995 SPC Blaise over looking Vera Cruz Beach
December 20, 2008
Panama 1995 SPC Blaise and SPC Webster do a map check while climbing Sierra Cabera
December 20, 2008
Dain Christensen
December 20, 2008
We lost a great soldier when we lost Mike. I can't recall one bad quality that Mike ever displayed, he was always the first guy to help out, the kind of guy to give you the shirt off his back, and could always be expected to go the distance - no matter how tough it may have been. I've attempted to post some pictures of him in the photo album, which are from 1995 while we were stationed in Panama together in C Co 5-87th Infantry. Great guy and I've only got great memories of him.
SPC Michael Blaise (Middle) 1995 Fort Kobbe, Panama
December 20, 2008
the Buck family
May 30, 2008
To the family and friends of CWO Michael T. Blaise, our thoughts and prayers are with you in your loss. What he has done for our freedom will not be forgotten. May God bless and comfort your family.
Loren Lucht
February 19, 2008
Dear Kate, and the Decker family.
I just finished reading your book and I have been greatly moved by heroism, friendship, love and support you wrote about through all the people in the book. I would like to meet them all and thank them for what they done for you and Mike and for our country. I can't find another way to contact you. Please try to get in touch with Lynne and me. May God continue to bless you and your family and dear friends. Pastor Lucht
August 6, 2007
I don't pretend to know what to say or do that would bring you peace in your time of sorrow, but I will offer my heart felt condolences. I also offer you my prayers that in time the pain will easy and the memories of your HERO will carry you through each day and night. I want to thank your HERO, for his/her selfless act of becoming a member of the armed forces, his/her willingness to defend the United States of America, all that we hold sacred and for the sacrifice that will forever be etched in the memories of all those who knew him/her. Though tears can never bring him/her back, we hope that our tears express our gratitude for the sacrifice that he/she made and our sorrow at his/her passing. I believe for every fallen HERO there is a star shining brightly up above to remind us of the precious gift we were given.
Your mission on earth is complete and you are now a member of GOD’s Heavenly armed forces. Stand down brave warrior and take your rightful place in Heaven with all the HEROES who have passed before.
I made a special promise to LE RON A. WILSON (KIA on 07/06/07) on the day he was laid to rest as I touched his coffin, that I would never forget him nor would I forget those that gave their lives for our country before him, with him and after him and so when I came across www.legacy.com, I thought what a great way to keep my promise to Le Ron, so I will continue to leave tributes in each guest book until the day there is no longer the need to leave these tributes to a FALLEN HERO.
REST IN PEACE, HERO, YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!
PROUD MOTHER OF A U.S. SOLDIER
Althea Barrett(Queens, NY
Gary Allain
June 14, 2007
An Eagle has fallen
Chief Warrant Officer
michael T. Blaise
you are my hero may god keep you in his arms forever.
Garnet Jenkins
January 23, 2007
In Remembrance of this Fine Young Soldier, CWO Michael T. Blaise, on the 3rd anniversary of the day he gave his life for our Country and for Freedom.
May Michael, rest safely in God's Loving Care and know that he is a True American hero, that shall Never Be Forgotten.
May the Peace of the Lord continue to be with the Blaise family.
There will never be enough ways, to humbly thank these Heroes, for their Supreme Sacrifice, my brother among them. KIA-Vietnam 1967.
"And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes,
there shall be no more death,
nor sorrow, nor crying,
there shall be no more pain.
For the former things have have passed away."
Revelations 21:4
May you find peace in knowing the love and memories you have, will remain in your heart forever and that this Country remembers Michael's sacrifice.
I am deeply sorry for your loss.
Mara Lockard
June 2, 2006
I just finished this book (in less than 48 hours... just couldn't put it down). My heart breaks for your sacrifice and is inspired by your strength. I pray that God continues to give you strength and peace.
Warmly,
Mara Lockard (wife to MAJ William Lockard, USA, serving in Iraq until April 2007)
Jane Mabry
May 1, 2006
May 1, 2006
I feel that I know Michael through Kate's book, The Heart of a Soldier. I just finished reading the book, and feel like I have lost a son. I shared the moments of Kate and Michael's relationship within the Army that they served and loved. I prayed that Michael was not going to die, yet I just knew that it would be so. However I got close to the end of the book, and thought it is going to turn out okay. I gasped when his helicopter went down. What a beautiful, bittersweet book. My son is now in basic, and I learned a lot from Kate's descriptions. He wants to be a Ranger. Mike did not qualify after Phase II because he could not "recycle" at that time. Yet he continued in the Army and found his beloved Kiowah helicopters. I have shared passages with my son, however I will not tell him until he is out of basic that Michael is now an angel. What a wonderful young man, and what a wonderful wife Kate was to Michael. I am so humbled by their sacrifice. He with his life, and she of her husband.
Teresa Carr
March 31, 2006
Thank you Mike for your ultimate sacrifice in what you believed in and thank you Kate for your continued service. I recently read the book that you wrote and it was both an honor and a joy to learn more of you. Thanks again and God Bless
Leslie Traub
February 27, 2006
I'm so sorry for your loss. Michael Blaise is truly one of America's heros. I dated someone who flew Kiowa Warriors out of Fort Bragg and every time I heard of one going down my heart sank. I loved him but can't imagine it being my husband. I don't know that words from a stranger can help but Capt. Kate Blaise has handled herself like a true lady and soldier and I only hope I can do the same upon my enlistment. And Michael Blaise is someone I truly look up to. He didn't quite start out with the confidance that most people hoping to become pilots do, but worked harder then ever to live his dream and he succeeded. I hate to see any of our young soldiers sacrafice their young lives but it's something we know could be possible when we sign our name on the dotted line. As sad as this situation is, the one possitive thing that can be said is that he believed in what he was doing and died doing what he loved. Thank you Kate and Michael for your great sacrafice and I only hope the people of this country appreciate what the men and women of the military sacrafice so that we citizens may enjoy our freedoms.
SSG Christina Johnson
November 20, 2005
I am very sorry for your loss. As a former Screaming Eagle and member of CPT Blaise's unit, my heart goes out to the family. Chief Blaise is still flying those choppers he loves watching over us daily. I will continue to keep your family in my prayers. Air Assault!!
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