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Posts by 1stCavGrunt

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  • USO Canteen. Garland of brothers, a poem by Gary Jacobson

    02/24/2003 12:22:16 PM PST · 1 of 2
    1stCavGrunt
    One good thing is gleaned from war, the fraternal bond of brotherhood...

    Something that will never be lost In the storm tempest tossed Forget them never... Remember them forever... "Garland of brothers," http://pzzzz.tripod.com/garland.html

    Please read this, then pass this lesson learned of brotherhood on to others...who need to know!

    As we stand on the precipice of war with Iraq, though as a Vietnam combat veteran I am against the war, I strongly support our soldiers, and wish them well... I offer this poem, and these two prayers... "Just a Roll of the Dice," http://pzzzz.tripod.com/dice.html "Prayer for the Warriors," http://pzzzz.tripod.com/theprayer.html "A Combat Soldiers Prayer," http://PZZZZ.tripod.com/prayer.html **************** "Vietnam Picture Tour," http://PZZZZ.tripod.com/namtour.html A walk in "the park" grunts called Vietnam, with the 1st Air Cavalry on combat patrol. Experience chilling reality to leave the sweet and sour taste of "the Nam" pungent on your tongue, the smell of "the Nam" acrid in your nostrils, and textures of "the Nam" imbedded in you as though you were walking beside me in combat.

    My poignant poems directory, pictures and artwork to show the essence and feeling of war on young "boys next door," http://pzzzz.tripod.com/nampoemsNpix.html

    "Realm Of Poetry," http://dreamerzz.tripod.com/SiteMap.html Poems of love and romance, spirituality and meditation, Golden Oldies, comedy, Quests of the regal knight Richard Lionheart to the crusades and seeking the Holy Grail, dueling dragons, frolicking fairies, and comedy....and also links to my site of that foul ogre called war...

  • A Combat Soldier's Prayer

    01/10/2003 12:52:35 AM PST · 1 of 2
    1stCavGrunt
    Sometimes in the course of human events on the way in the pursuit of peace and happiness, war becomes an inevitable necessity. When madmen threaten our very freedoms, values and loved ones, good men are duty bound to stand to defend and protect. But there are lessons to be learned in the history of these battles, or we doom ourselves to repeat them in a series of "wars to end all wars." The question is ever on the lips of our nation's veterans..."When will they ever learn?"