Team,

 

    Just thought I would share a poem with you that was shared with my local veteran's group. Quite touching.....

 

God Bless America,

 

Paul

 

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Let them wake whole again
To brand new dawns
Fired with the sun, not wartime's
bloody guns

Make their peace be deep
Remember where the broken bodies lie
God knows how young they were
To have to die

Give them things they like
Let them make some noise
Give roadside bands, not golden harps
To these our boys

And let them love, Peter
'Cause they had no time
They should have trees and bird songs
And hills to climb

The taste of summer in a ripened pear
And girls sweet as meadow wind
With flowing hair

And tell them how they are missed
And say not to fear
It's gonna be allright
With us down here

...John Gorka...
(This poem was found in a hospital in the Philippines
during WWII and made into a song by John Gorka.
The nurse who found the poem kept it all these years,
and it was her daughter who sent a copy to John.)

Borrowed from "Chicken Soup For The Veteran's Soul" 
on behalf of all who have fought and all who have died
in war.

Thanks for posting this Paul.  Written in WWII but applicable to all wars. God bless America

Very nice, first time I've heard it. Thanks Paul. I'll never forget the friends I lost in Nam and others since then. I thank God every day my sons never had to go to war.

very very nice.  thanks.   and thanks to all of you guys that have served for our country.  you have my deepest heartfelt thanks and appreciation.  without you, we could not do the things that we do