Tribute to our Brave Troops

[PVVikeFan]

I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease..

I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.


Enjoy Your Freedom & God Bless Our Troops

[Unchained]

Amen.

[Big_AL]

ill second that. great post

[cats78]

A very good post PVVIKEFAN.

[statechamp]

.... great post....... God Bless our troops..... it's hard having loved ones away like this... and constantly worrying...

[PVVikeFan]

Yes it is. I have family that have served in both the Afghan and Iraq wars.

There have been none better- never have been. Never will be.

Great one bro.

I love this country. And those who defend it. God bless them all.

[imported_trumpet1988]

Big Stone Gap will be having a parade on Saturday morning at 10 for the troops coming home.

[PVVikeFan]

I'll give ya 3 guesses where I will be [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]