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I PUT THIS PAGE UP FOR THE
SOUL PURPOSE OF DISPLAYING
A FEW WORDS I RECEIVED IN AN
EMAIL FROM MY COUSIN
BROOKS.
HE IS IN THE REGULAR ARMY AND HAS BEEN SENCE
THE EARLY 80'S AND HAS BEEN AN NCO AND IS NOW
A WARRANT OFFICER. HE IS A CHOPPER PILOT / INSTRUCTOR
HE FLIES THE ( UH 60 BLACK HAWK ).
THE ONLY PHOTO I HAVE OF HIM IS ABOUT 30 YEARS OLD
SO I TRIED TO DRESS IT UP A BIT
CLICK ON IT AND SEND HIM AN EMAIL
THE MAIL HE SENT IS AS FOLLOWS
JUST A SIMPLE SOLDIER
He was getting old and paunchy And his hair was falling fast, And
he
sat around the Legion, Telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he had fought in And the deeds that he had done.
In
his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, everyone.
And 'tho sometimes, to his neighbors,
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened,
For they knew whereof he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer, For ol' Bob has passed away,
And
the world's a little poorer, For a soldier died today.
He won't be mourned by many, Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.
He held a job and raised a family, Quietly going on his way;
And the world won't note his passing;
'tho a Soldier died today.
When politicians leave this earth, Their bodies lie in state, While
thousands note their passing, And proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell of their life stories, From the time that they were
young, But the passing of a soldier, Goes unnoticed, and unsung.
Is the greatest contribution,
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise, And cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow, Who in times of war and strife, Goes off
to
serve his Country And offers up
his life? The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives, Are sometimes disproportionate,
To
the service he gives.
While the ordinary soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.
It's so easy to forget them,
For it is so long ago,
That our Bob's and Jim's and Johnny's, Went to battle, but we know.
It was not the politicians,
With their compromise and ploys, Who won for us the freedom, That
our Country now enjoys.
Should you find yourself in danger, With your enemies at hand,
Would
you really want some cop-out, With his ever waffling stand?
Or would you want a Soldier, Who has sworn to defend, His home,
his
kin, and Country, And would fight until the end?
He was just a common Soldier And his ranks are growing thin, But
his
presence should remind us, We may need his like again.
For when countries are in conflict, Then we find the Soldier's
part,
Is to clean up all the troubles, That the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honor,
While he's here to hear the praise, Then at least let's give him
homage, At the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline, in the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, FOR A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
Author Unknown
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY
PLEASE JOIN MY COUSIN BROOKS AND I
IN THE REMEMBERANCE OF ALL OUR
FELLOW VETS THIS MEMORIAL DAY
BY FIRST RAISING THE AMERICAN FLAG
AND THEN LOWERING IT TO HALF MAST,
AND SALUTE OUR FALLIN SOLDIERS.
MEMORIAL DAY IS ON SUNDAY MAY 30 AND IS
OBSERVED ON MONDAY MAY 31
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