[IronJack]

It won't be long before we're reading about the "last survivor of ..." The Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, Anzio, Leyte Gulf, Tarawa, Iwo ...

Time marches on and the heroes fade into memories. And the nation they saved deserves them less and less each day.

[JimRed]

Time marches on and the heroes fade into memories. And the nation they saved deserves them less and less each day.

There's an Australian patriotic (or anti-war, depending on your attitude) song that addresses that, called "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda", about WWI soldiers in the battle of Gallipoli. The final verse is as follows:

Now ev'ry April I sit on my porch and watch the parade pass before me,
I see my old comrades how proudly they march, renewing their days of past glory
I see the old men so tired stiff and sore, the weary old heroes of a forgotten war,
and the young people ask "what are they marchin' for?"
And I ask myself the same question.

And the band plays Waltzing Matilda, as the old men still answer the call,
But year after year their numbers get fewer; someday no one will march there at all.

[AFret.]

And the nation they saved deserves them less and less each day.

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So true..and so sad..what a nation we once were.