To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site; Drumbo
32 posted on
06/12/2015 4:23:58 PM PDT by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
I was going through Field Med School at Camp Pendleton when "Galveston" hit the airwaves. That song resonated strongly with me - I was several weeks shy of deployment to 'Nam and had left behind a young woman who was dear to me.
"Galveston oh Galveston
I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your seabirds flying in the sun
At Galveston at Galveston"
In my callow youth, I thought the worst thing that could happen to me was to die young. Obviously, I made it home - did not marry the young woman, who found someone else. But I still remember "Galveston" - a song that captured my mood on the eve of battle over four decades ago.
I wish Glen Campbell well.
"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." "Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener / mind must be the greater, as our might lessens."
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48 posted on
06/12/2015 5:43:09 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
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