(photograph by Pulitzer prize photographer John Moore, of a young woman crying over her fiance's grave who died serving in Afghanistan)
Lets not forget those who fought hard and gave their lives protecting freedom and serving their country.
from the poem "Just A Common Soldier" (A Soldier Died Today)
Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
Would want a politician with his ever-shifting stand?
Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend
His home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?
He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us we may need his like again.
For when countries are in conflict, then we find the Soldier's part,
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline in the paper that would say:
Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today.
- A. Lawrence Vaincourt (A World War II Air Force veteran)
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