[Snow Bunny]

Battlefield Angels

I am with you----
Whispered the medic to another fallen hero

I am with you----
He repeated as he wiped the crimson tears
Streaming down the young soldiers face.

The soldiers eyes, opened slowly,
His lips struggled to smile
He knew the bugler
Would not be
Playing today
He knew his Flag
Would remain at Full Mast.
For he knew he was saved
By a battlefield angel.

As the pain faded his eyelids grew
Heavy , once again,
The young soldier
Heard the soft
Whisper of the
Battlefield angel----
I am with you.

Jerry Komar, Medic, USAF,1970

[Snow Bunny]

"....You guys are the Marine's doctors; There's no better in the business than a Navy Corpsman...."
Lieutenant General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, U.S.M.C

And from another Marine………

"He might be the ugliest 'mother' in the valley," a grunt claimed,"but when you're wounded and need help, he's there....with the touch of a mother caring for her newborn baby; with the determination and bravery of a bulldog, and the knowledge and experience to do his job."
"He can't afford a 'goof', the grunt continued, "He's the lifeline between a bandage and a cast ...or a box." Some call him "DOC", the Vietnamese call him :Bac Si".

He deserves better then that, call him " Marine!"

[SpookBrat]

The poem in #3 is beautifully gutt wrenching. I'm grateful so many fallen soldiers had compassionate human contact in their last moments, and had someone say to them, "I am with you" as they went into the arms of God. The courage it takes to leave your mother and father or the love of your life, to defend freedom with the possibility of dying away from them, is amazing to me. I'm in awe of the personal sacrifices and courage it takes to serve in the military.

[lodwick]

Beautiful opening. bttt

[Bahbah]

This from today's WSJ's Asides: "Like many law schools, the one at Washington University in St. Louis wants to encourage its graduates to go into public service, so it has a Loan Repayment Assistance Program that helps graduates pay off their debts if they take government jobs. Excluded from the program, however, are graduates who go into the military. Why? Because the faculty objects to the ban on homosexual servicemen and women. Rather than writing their congressmen and urging a change in the law, they're punishing their own students who wish to serve their country." I hope this is not out of line on this thread but I am furious and ashamed to say this is my Law School.I am angry beyond words. I don't know how to post a link but you can reach Dean Seligman if you have anything to say at seligman@wulaw.wustl.edu. He is not directly responsible for this. It is a Prof. Karen Tokarz who is the culprit. It wouldn't hurt my feelings if they heard from some vets.