Never Forget - Why we must fight!!
This is a poem written by a young lady
about a 4 year old boy.
I would title it
"A Small Voice"
A small voice rings out through the crowd,
"Mommy! It's Daddy! Aren't you proud?"
His mother looked down, and said "yes love,"
"I am very glad he's home, thanks to the Lord above"
A soldier walks away, his steps on soil of a land that is free
He turns and looks, straight at his family
The little boy, starts to run to his dad.
His hug is the first contact with his family this soldier's had.
His wife walked toward him, as he held their little boy,
She felt herself want to jump for joy.
Her hero is home, who in a single smile, has given her life.
He has stood between his family and the world's strife.
A hero to all, to whose for whom he has fought,
Their freedom, for a bitter price has been bought.
On battlefields of dust, dirt, and mud,
The freedoms that are, have been bought with hero's blood
This dreamcatcher, was gifted to me by my Spirit Friend, NightWing.
A new friend, modified it for this page.
~ Thank you
A Fallen Brother.
Click to go to The Vietnam Veteran's Wall
Click to go to the Moving Wall
"By the end of Saturday afternoon, I don’t know how many tears I had shed —
I learned the meaning of the word Hero. These men are Heroes, every man and
woman that died was a Hero. I also learned the meaning of
“All gave some — and some, gave All”"
- excerpt from a fifteen year old Who volunteered for The Moving Wall
Even if you don't believe in the war.
They are still somebody's -
husband, wife,
son, daughter,
brother, sister,
dad, mom, cousin,
nephew, niece, etc.
Let's raise them up!!
Let's get them HOME!!
Here's a request from a 14 year old girl, Courtney.
It's called Letters From War
Created by: NaveeSeal
I am a Native American Veteran of both
The U.S. Army
&
U.S. Navy
I joined the U.S. Army in 1976. Just missed Vietnam by two years. I was a surface to surface missleman
(sorry, I can't disclose the exact nature of my duties).
At any rate, I was stationed in Nuerenburg, Germany for four years.
I enjoyed the service. I appreciated the concise order that things occured (usually).
Further, I found that when I followed orders, I advanced in paygrade, leadership
and responsibilities.
Unfortunately, only seven days before my discharge, I decided to do the "right thing", and turned in
my Commanding Officer, a Captain, for ordering a female enlisted member to grant sexual favors.
I actually took my Base Commander, a full bird, to my C.O.'s assigned housing unit and as his
wife was away.
My Base Commander and I literally caught my C.O. in the act. It backfired on me when my C.O.
called in some favors, and within two days time I had charges filed against me and my discharge
orders were flagged (suspended).
Within another week I was charged with some six other offenses ranging from "breaking and
entering", to "falsifying government documents". Thirty days went by without anything happening
when I was called to my Battalian Commander's office where I was told that if I didn't re-enlist,
I would be relieved of all charges and be discharged stateside within seventy-two hours. I chose
not to re-enlist and received an Honorable Discharge along with the following ribbons:
- U.S. Army Good Conduct
- Presidential Citation with an Oak Leaf Cluster
- Meritorius Service Ribbon
I think that it is ironic that the U.S. Armed Forces put you through Basic Training to orient you
to military life, and yet, they don't "de-brief" personel in order to prepare them for civilian life.
As a result, about thirty days later, after finding civilian life lacking order and filled with chaos,
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technician.
I found it humorous that the U.S. Navy wanted me to go through Basic Training, again.
You Grunts and Jar Heads understand what I mean.
- U.S. Army Good Conduct
