Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of "The Unknown Patton", "Patton's Third Army", "Patton's One-Minute Messages" and "It Is The Soldier" ©Copyright 1970-2005 by Charles M. Province
"Mr Province has advised that Father O'Brien once sent a copy of the poem to "Dear Abby" and it was printed erroneously giving credit to Father O'Brien for writing it. It is at that point that the authorship became clouded..."
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Thanks for the information. I'll credit Mr. Province in the future -- but at an great number of websites O'Brien is credited as the author.
It's a wonderful poem.