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My Marine
As I lay me down to sleep, For 54 hours your soul will weep. Be strong my son, the end is near, And this is when, you’ll have no fear. The pain you feel, it will not last, You’ve become a man and grown up fast. …
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A Father’s Final Message
A Fathers Final Message You never know when that moment will hit you and it always catches you by surprise. It’s the thought of you leaving that rips through my soul and brings instant tears to my eyes. Now those moments are more frequent as …
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The Mason
The Mason neede bricks, to build his famous wall. He took my blue-eyed uncle, who stood so proud and tall. He turned him green and gave him death, and forced the muck and mire, He laid each brick, where he saw fit, regarding nones desire. …
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Americans Unite
Sgt. Grit, Several months before I came home from S. Vietnam, I sat down one day to relax for a while and ended up writing a poem. It was a short and very insignificant poem to most people, but to my friends and …
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Bin Laden’s Goodbye
"For the men and women who have served, For the innocent blood that was shed, For all who never lost their nerve, For the living and the dead. Today has marked a victory, For Americans both home and away, For the last ten years …
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At Last - Poem of Return
At Last Julia Holewinski Anticipation is mounting, and the soldiers are all counting, on those smiling faces of families to be there. AT LAST! Hard to wait, as they become late, but they all see land, and they cheer. AT LAST! The waves move aside …
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Marine Corps Stories - Patriotic Poems
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