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| Would you go with Washington, across the frozen Delaware
Or march with him to Yorktown, to face the British waiting there?
They did.
Would you sail on Constitution, with Sailors and Marines
Across the cold Atlantic, to land at Tripoli?
They did.
Would you fight beside Old Hickory and pirate Jean Lafitte
To defeat General Pakenham down at New Orleans?
They did.
Would you stand with men like Travis, at San Antonio
As Santa Anna's six thousand troops attacked the Alamo?
They did.
Would you fight to save the country, torn by civil war
So the Stars and Stripes would fly, over the United States once more?
They did.
Would you go with Dewey on Olympia, to shell Manila Bay
Or Roosevelt down to Cuba, remembering the Maine?
They did.
Would you join the Devil Dogs at Belleau Wood or the trenches of Verdun
Denying the Germans "Gay Par-iee", and winning World War One?
They did.
Would you climb the rocks at Normandy or Iwo's black, volcanic sand
To whiz with Patton in the Rhine, or drop atoms on Japan?
They did.
Would you march to Chosin Reservoir in snow and freezing rain
Or look north across the DMZ, despising "Hanoi Jane"?
They did.
Would you race across the desert with the Coalition troops
Or ride a Blackhawk to the ground, in the filth of "Moog"?
They did.
Would you drive Iraqi streets, with car-bombs everywhere
Or climb Afghani mountains, and breathe the cold, thin air?
They did.
Would you give your very life, to help preserve the dream
Of freedom, justice, liberty and democracy?
They did. | By Ken B. Harper
Copyright 2007
Listed 02/15/2007 |
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