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The year was nineteen-forty eight Was in the month of September, It was, what the Russians did That shall always be remembered, A communist government To place was the chore, Now, has come to pass The heightening clod war, North Korea, so it seemed To be just the place, To strength Russia's way of life And slap the worlds face, Southward did their army march, Parallel 38 they need to cross So they did so very quickly With barely any loss, Mr. Truman, saw it fit, To speak to the U.N. We must not let this happen No! not ever again, From the air, and from the sea We must stop the advance, If communism should win the day We don't have a chance, Twenty-nine countries Answered duties call, The U.N.'s main objective Communism, it must fall, The first year was decisive We were pushing back, Was then, that something happened To our brave attack, Twenty-nine allied countries Fighting but just three, We began to loose our ground No ! how can this be? From Pusan to Kimpo Inchon through to Seoul, To the 38th parallel No further will we go, To this very day, we are standing On guard at that very line, They now have nuclear weapons We must keep that in mind, We seem to war with countries With our vigor and our might, So, we ate American people Can sleep in peace at night, We went to Korea Our objective was to win, However, it did not happen Therefore, I guess we'll try again! May God Bless all the Service Men and Women who served in Korea.......

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 12/15/2009 4:53:00 PM
a great tribute to those who have been sent into harms way . God bless those currently serving well.....
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Date: 12/14/2009 1:53:00 PM
An excellent piece you have penned here..another of my fave's that you have written. Exceptional job!! Hugs ~Mary
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Date: 12/14/2009 1:01:00 PM
Wewll done. I would argue that thopugh we achieved a stalemate tactically, strategically, we won. Ask the South Koreans. They will tell you that they have the greatest admiration for Truman, America and the men who served there to this day. My father was one. He was at the Chosin reservoir and had to go out on the ice with a .45 and retrieve the dead bodies of his fellow G.I.'s. Thank you for your kind remarks. Merry Christmas, Gerard.
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