I did a piece for Pop, who was there for that campaign...I posted it back in May when he passed away...
Korean War Memorial
it should only be open
when we are weary of winter…
and hopeless with fatigue…
and then too, open only at dusk-
as shadows of the statues sink into the abyss-
to share the dark despair of those desperate souls
cast into such a cold Asian hell-
on the road from Chosin…
where wind driven scythes of
sleet and snow, and Communist Chinese,
barreled screaming
down nameless numbered ridges,
and barren hills,
slicing through the struggling squads of soldiers, Marines…
all trapped-
like the apparitions etched on this granite wall,
forever to wait
for the false warmth of a
bleak sunrise…
Mark E. Harden (Nicko)
Korean War Memorial
I have printed this out and will give to my dad to read,
thanks.