On the Death of Another Friend When a voice goes quiet forever, you sometimes expect it to be there still for you to hear. You find yourself listening for it...
Rotor Slap Lying face down in muddy rice paddy without any dry ground, No way to move as Charlie has us pinned down. Taking fire for over an hour waiting for...
A Child Is A Child Here little one, let me hold you to me I know you don’t understand what war can be. It’s hard to understand your mother in a war ...
Just Thinking Lying here in this elephant grass under the stars Staring at the bright twinkle of their glow I wonder if Dad and Mom are sitting on the front...
Who Asks? Who asks that question that is a blade through the heart? Who dares ask the question that tears us apart? Who asks a question that all fear to...
Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone, or your home phone speed dial: 1-800-goog411. This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great...
Brothers and sisters, I feel this deserved a rewrite: I personally owe my life to my Platoon Medic Bryant, whose quick action and healing hands helped...
Excellent,Gary,even more than excellent! Medics are indeed very special Angels.. Love, Faye ... -- "In the End, we will remember not the words of our...
Powerful Memories Dusk to dusk and then some Letting the memories beat you till you are numb, Remembering the past. How long will it last? No one there to ease...
Feeling Old Age Finding a path that we knew well One that once we ran down with out the least trouble Now we struggle to traverse the least thing Yes we are...
This Old Soldier Remembers He had grown older than he realized His hair now gray and the gleam had left his eyes. He still remembers his friends of long ago ...
Fear Not Death Oh peaceful sleep what a wonderful adventure No more dreams of the past or dread of the future To dream of beauty and rest At death you have...
By Rick Maze - Staff writer http://www.armytimes.com/money/financial_advice/military_vetcola_082108w/ A 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment in veterans’...
Night Train In late of 1967, I was given a break. I was told that I had been in the bush long enough to be able to transfer to base camp. I was ready to get...
Last Night We've found him; We've found him!! Words that cuts like a knife, words so grim. Knowing if he were alive the voice would have been different But...
Thoughts in the Night (In the Spirit of Caliber) Just a little reverie, a brief return to days gone by. For some reason, a dimly remembered face comes back ...
A Grunt Trudging along in the muddy jungle floor A foul smell of rotten vegetation and musty slime Leaches, bugs, mosquitoes, snakes, and worse Midnight dark...
Too Much Water Under The Bridge Too much water has passed under the bridge, my friend, For a little thing to tear us apart before the end. Brothers of war have...