emily
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AMERICA CALLED
A statue of three searching soldiers guards those lost in the Vietnam War.
Bearing flowers, flags, and candles, they came to honor once more.
And I thought as I read all those thousands of names on that shiny black granite Wall,
It's good that at last we remembered that they died because America called.
Wearing jungle fatigues and a boony hat he pushed his wheelchair to the Wall.
Talking to himself he read off the names of the men that he'd seen fall.
Friendships he found only in war, while facing death each day.
Where the value of life was endeared by the price of watching it slip away.
Remembering the explosion that took his legs and fears too long concealed,
Said, "As I sit by this Wall I feel one of my wounds is finally beginning to
heal."
As she placed a rose beside the Wall, once again I heard a Mother cry.
After tears of pain and years of shame at last her tears flowed with pride.
Knowing he died believing he was doing what was right, what his country had asked him to
do.
She was proud that he'd given the best that he had for the good old "Red, White and
Blue."
And I thought as I read all those thousands of names on that shiny black granite Wall,
It's good that at last we remembered that they died because America called.
© 1982
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in Vietnam
~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home Page
~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim O'Brien's Home Page
~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in the Heart
~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project
Hearts and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About Vietnam
~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale thru Amazon
Worldwide!
Photos from a Holts' Military History Tour
~ My trip to
Vietnam, February 1998
Illinois
Vietnam Women's Memorial ~ Honoring all the Illinois women who served
My Other Websites:
Chicago
Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Writers
Theatre of Chicago ~ And this is the best theater in town
Literature
of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Poetry
of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel
Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe
Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer
Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary
Lantern ~ Fire! Fire! Fire!
Other Important Websites:
PreviewPort.com
~ Connecting Authors and Writers Worldwide
Remember
Oklahoma City ~ Civil Service and Military Employees will never forget
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