Talon

Our Omega Mu brothers who served in the military are cherished and constant fraternal friends, and we would like to say thank you for the steadfast, purposeful commitment you made to our nation to defend those four freedoms we all believe in: “Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.” For those brothers who were killed in defense of these freedoms, they will always occupy a consecrated place in our linked fraternal heart because they exemplify the idea of superlative commitment, strength, and fortitude for the good to the end itself. The greatness of their collective purpose and will, on our nation’s behalf, will never be forgotten. By their “clear-eyed faith and fearless heart,” these brothers have left us a fraternal legacy that echoes what we often say about Omega Mu Fijis: “Perseverance and determination are omnipotent.” Their code of integrity, courage, duty, responsibility, and self-sacrifice on behalf of our nation is a powerful legacy that we will always be proud of as Omega Mu Fijis. 

​Whether it was at New Orleans, Red River, Fort Blakely, Marianna, San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba, Chateau-Thierry, Verdun, El Guettar, Elba, Monte Della Vedetta, the Battle of the Bulge, Rabaul, Inchon, Pusan, Chosin Reservoir, Pork Chop Hill, Hue, Easter Offensive, Phu Cat, The Iron Triangle, Hamburger Hill, la Drang Valley, Bien Hoa, Khe Sanh, Rumaila,  Al-Batin, Medina Ridge, Kabul, Kandahar, our Omega Mu brothers have demonstrated devotion to duty in defense of freedom and liberty. They are the stability of our nation, and we, the Omega Mu brotherhood, revere, honor, and salute their persevering and determined spirit within our great nation and our historic brotherhood. We will always honor the heroism of all of our brothers who have served in the armed forces from the Civil War to the present. Thank you.

Talon

In the strong uniting
Bond of this
Brotherhood

That unites all
Omega Mu brothers
One-to-another,

From our fraternal
Ranks have come
Hundreds and

Hundreds of
Omega Mu
Veterans

That we will
Always remember
With humility,

Honor, and
Reverence who
Have served

From the Civil
War to the
Present.

 Most importantly,
We remember our
Omega veteran

Brothers
Who made the
Costliest exchange

In their
Service to
Our great nation,

And we know that
These brothers are
With you, O’ God,

In their eternal life
Just as you were
With them in their

Waking mortal life,
And for that we
Praise and

Thank you,
O' God, for in the
Rich history of

Omega Mu,
There have been
Many Omega Mu

Brothers who
Honorably, admirably,
And unforgettably

Kept faith with
The very deepest of
What it means

To be an
Omega Mu Fiji
Brother, who,

By word and act
Believed that
There was only

One way to be:
That a life lived in
Service to others

Is a life worth
Living for and
Dying for since

The Civil War, and
Every war and
Battle thereafter:

The Boxer Rebellion,
Chateau-Thierry,
North Africa, Germany,

Northern Italy,
Korea, Vietnam,
And Beirut,

And in the
Skies over our
Country, from

New York to Colorado,
Testing and training in
New fighter planes and

Bombers, who, with
Determined perseverance,
Vigilantly defend, with

Selfless purpose,
Principles we
Each cherish:

Liberty, freedom
And the right to
Dissent.

Bestowing upon
Us, by their
Service

The mandate that
We exercise these
Rights with

Careful consideration
Because they cost
A great deal to

Defend, in battles
In the past, and in
The battles of

Today, and
Each Omega Mu
Veteran Brother

Will always continue
To be a fine portrait of an
American soldier and

Omega Mu Brother,
For character and
​Courage were not

Sometimes things
For our veteran
Brothers,

It is an
Always
Thing, and

We will 
Always honor
And reverence

Our Fallen
Omega Mu
Brothers:

As we remember
That in 1967, in
Bien Hoa Province,

South Vietnam,
Omega Mu brother,
Paul Stimpson, died.

And in 1943
Omega Mu brother,
Stewart Grimmer, was

Killed during the
Battle of Guettar,
Tunisia,

Fighting against
Rommel’s
Afrika Korps,

And in 1918
Omega Mu brother,
Willett C. Barrett,

Was machine-
Gunned down
While leading

His men up
Hill 212 during the
Battle of Chauteau-Thierry.

And such is the
Nature of our
Historically

Linked Omega Mu
Brotherhood, that
We name each fallen

Omega Brother,
With grateful
Veneration, for

Their ultimate
Service to
Our nation, and

Who now live
Grace-to-
Grace

With You, God,
And forever in
The sacred

Memory of
Our brotherhood,
For the ultimate

Lineament of
Their courageous
Spirit that

Will never
Be forgotten
In the memory of

Our nation and
Our historic
Omega Mu Brotherhood.

We will always
Honor and
Revere all of

Our Omega Mu
Veteran brothers,
And

We will always
Honor, with
Unconditional

Fraternal focus,
The silent
Eternal spirit,

And courageous
Character, of
Each of our

Fallen Omega Mu Brothers
For their patriotism,
Integrity,

Persistence and
Determination,
And by the

Abiding grace
And glory of
God and

Our united
Omega Mu
Brotherhood
 
We will always
Remember them,
Never - ending,

Within the heart and
Soul of our Omega Mu
Brotherhood.

In fraternal love
And honor,
Amen.

Spanish American War:
Charles C. Scott

World War I:
Willett Clark Barrett
Ira Miller Bradbury
William Hewitt Knowlton
Anthony Percy Schneider, Jr.

World War II:
Joseph Sebastian Boulos
Frederick Melville Cogswell, Jr.
James Frederick Dow
Hamilton Higgins Dyer
Laurie Jones Greenleaf
Stewart William Grimmer
George F. Kehoe
Robert M. Moore
Charles Leslie Pfeiffer
Frederick J. Shepard, III
Arthur Leu Teall
George Brewster Walker

Vietnam:
Paul Lewis Stimpson

Other:
Ricky Michael Bean
Harold R. Dow
Darrell H. Brooks

“What if the space be long and wide,
That parts us from our brother’s side
A soul-joined chain unites our band,
And memory links us hand in hand.”
(Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)

Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82
​Perge