James Horn Poet Couplet

Dedicated To Uncle Lester Deschler

Looking Back Long Ago

We had been looking back long ago
While time crept by seeming so slow;
Distance between time kept spreading;
May do something they were dreading.

On a broad beach boots hit the sand,
After looking at sight of a lonely land;
On shore was blowing a light breeze;
Exposed enemy on hills and up in trees.

Explosions and bullets sounded so loud;
Later that day heads would be bowed
Thanking God that He let them survive;
Being in one piece and remaining alive.

At Normandy we each dutifully performed
When the troops on shore had all stormed
Only thing which was left that remained
Had been blown to bits or blood-stained.

PVT Lester E. Deschler Died July 12th, 1944
in a tank explosion. He is now buried at
Normandy America Cemetery and Memorial.
Am unsure if he was an uncle or great-uncle
of Ms. Kelley Deschler a Poetry Soup lover.

James Thomas Horn, Retired Veteran

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Bonnie Hollywood-Cutts January 12, 2018 at 6:02 PM it's really nice to be able to reflect back but not memories are pleasant ones. good writing James Horn December 5, 2020 at 4:58 PM Forgot to comment to your comment. Writing poetry is a great challenge.

Kelly Deschler May 13, 2015 at 1:21 AM Thank you so much for honoring my great uncle with this poem, Jim. I just sent a Soupmail with all the information I could find. Lester was reported missing in action, so he is not buried. He was honored on the Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery. He was also awarded the purple heart. James Horn September 22, 2017 at 9:21 AM Sorry I forgot to respond. Seeing Normandy was really a moving experience. Glad I could take a picture of his namd on the Normandy Wall. Jim Horn

Richard Lamoureux April 1, 2015 at 7:46 AM This brought to mind the movie Saving Private Ryan. Up until watching that movie all the movies I had watched had glorified war. That movie showed the sheer brutality and as a result moved me at my core. James Horn April 1, 2015 at 11:10 AM PVT Deschler was a real person according to Kelley so that is why I wrote it. Jim