HONOR THE VETERANby: Sunny Paula Barnhart USMC
Veterans are easy to recognize
By their special swagger
And their shattered eyes
By the way they stand so tall
When the flag is raised
And how they bow their head
When the Lord is praised.
They may have clabbered voices
And brown and mottled skin
A missing arm or leg or eye
But you can see the youth within.
What horrors did they see
What hell did they endure
To keep my flag and liberty secure?
What would our nation be like
Without veterans such as these?
Let us remember each of them
When we bow our knees
And may we give all reverence due
To the brave men and women
Who defend the Red, White and Blue.
By the way they stand so tall
When the flag is raised
And how they bow their head
When the Lord is praised.
They may have clabbered voices
And brown and mottled skin
A missing arm or leg or eye
But you can see the youth within.
What horrors did they see
What hell did they endure
To keep my flag and liberty secure?
What would our nation be like
Without veterans such as these?
Let us remember each of them
When we bow our knees
And may we give all reverence due
To the brave men and women
Who defend the Red, White and Blue.
More than 30 years ago my father was a young man and a Navy Seal on tour in Vietnam. It was there that he was exposed to Agent Orange and contracted cancer as a result. The cancer worked through his body swiftly, and before I turned a year old he left my mother and I to make our way in this world without him.
Please take this day to reflect on our veterans sacrafices for you, me, and this country as a whole.
God Bless them all....and THANK YOU.
Semper Fidelis,
(Former) Sgt Leah Roehl, USMC
1 comments:
My father was a veteran of the Korean war and was a Cheif Master Seargeant in the Air Force and was buried 3 1/2 years ago with the flag and the salute from the area vets in Iowa, it was very touching. My heart goes out to all the vets and military and those who have given there lives for our country.
God Bless all of them.
Julie & Jerry Slemp
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