Marine Corps Stories - Misc. Poems
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- A Memory…
- To all a memory, OF the fallen Heroes Once they are forgotten Fallen upon a foreign land Fighting for a cause Which no one was sure Will we remember them? God has blessed America Since then he has no longer It was imbued to our trust To wipe away all of the tears The bloodstains still remain As crimson as the tide Peleliu, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima Places and names so strange As long as man remains They will fight amongst themselves For I will be right there To carry …
Read More - The Sniper
- In the darkness, I will wait My heart has become hollow My mind, a flurry of disaster In the solitude, I will reign Creatures which use the night Become one with the shadows At midnight will come a scream That of release, and not of vengeance Slowly, I loosen my grip on my friend Cold steel blue, is her eyes and face I draw her close to my shoulder When she barks, she cries in pain Never to feel the recoil of her anger The moment presses on ever so …
Read More - call them marines
- The bringers of death saviors of life they are few but known worldwide. They are proud to do what must be done at any cost. You might know them as jar heads or the worlds 9-11. Our enemies know them as devil dogs. They sacrifice their lives doing what they believe is right. In places they do not know in places so far from home. To protect or freedoms to defend our rights they will willingly give their lives. They are not known by their age sex or race. They are …
Read More - poem from Vietnam 1966
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I don’t know where this might fit in, leave it up to you if you find it worth posting. I was with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines 1966 in I Corps when I sent this home to my bride to be OMEGA Omega he said. Omega he cried The bringer of death, to one who just died. I am the last, you'll know on earth. The one who ends, your life from birth Omega he said. Omega he cried. Your life in my hand, your …
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