[edit on 6-6-2006 by ADVISOR]

Could not possibly have been said any better.

This is so true. And may I add it is also the Marine, sailor, and airman!

Yeah, that's so true. Great poem

Sporty

Would just like to add one other detail, that should be noted.

It is the Armed Forces member, not the politician, who gives their
life so others may have liberty.

AMEN!

By the way Advisor... THANKS for that NEAT "MIA/POW" thing you posted with that poem.... I am having Will add it to the TOP of our RFT Home Page.

(Salute)

Dave

Not military personally, but well said

Not a problem Dave, your welcome. I found it on the net years ago, and have it on my desk top among other things.

*Snaps to attention and returns salute*

Do any of y'all know if that Father O'Brien fellow is related to author Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried, If I Die in a Combat Zone)?

I'm a big fan of O'Brien's novels, and from what I've heard he's well respected by guys who were there. He could have deserted, he had the money, the plan, the opening - but he chose to go and fight because in his words it was 'easier' than the alternative. (I've never completely understood that, seems to me that living it up in Switzerland is easier than trudging through muck and digging holes - I guess he just couldn't square the emotional side of desertion.)

The Things They Carried was an excellent book, I'd reccomend it to anyone. Just curious if the poem's author was any relation.

Not sure.... but you could possibly GOOGLE a search and find out. Whatever you find, come back HERE and let everyone know.

Thanks for the post!

Dave

Thanks Dave, for the kind words.

While not enlisted myself, my family is multi-generational in various fields of the armed services, and it always warms my heart to read words of kindness towards those brave men and women who dedicate their lives (or a portion thereof) to insuring the freedoms and securities of others.

Thank you!

Let me tell you the story of a soldier named Dan.
Went out to fight the good fight in South Vietnam,
Went out to fight for peace, liberty and all,
Went out to fight for equality, hope, let's go,


And the war drags on.


Found himself involved in a sea of blood and bones,
Millions without faces, without hope and without homes.
And the guns they grew louder as they made dust out of bones
That the flesh had long since left just as
the people left their homes,


And the war drags on.


They're just there to try and make the people free,
But the way that they're doing it, it don't seem like that to me.
Just more blood-letting and misery and tears
That this poor country's known for the last twenty years,


And the war drags on.


Last night poor Dan had a nightmare it seems.
One kept occurring and re-occurring in his dream:
Cities full of people burn and scream and shoutin' loud
And right over head a great orange mushroom cloud.
And there's no more war,
for there's no more world,
And the tears come streaming down

I am a UK war veteran i was a vet at age 21 for the first day of the Iraq war to the last

I like these word's they are real !

Im now 25 and living, and i love life.

Regards
Lee




[edit on 14-1-2008 by h3akalee]

THE MAN HAD BETTER UNDERSTAND A HUMAN'S NATURE SO HUMAN'S WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND HIM OK !!!

Dont understand my statement ?

Then stay the hell out of it ok ?

Regards
Lee




[edit on 14-1-2008 by h3akalee]

Sounds like a propaganda poem to me?

Am I wrong? It's the first feeling I had.

[edit on 29-2-2008 by _Phoenix_]

Excellent Thread Dave...

I read a bumber sticker awhile back that was pertinent to this topic...

"If you can read this, thank a teacher."
"If you can read it in English, thank a Soldier"

Or something like that...

Semper