Tommy Atkins

Look at Tommy go. 
See Tommy fall, 
row after row. 
Cut down by Maxim guns. 
Sacrificial victims for the Huns.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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April 20, 2018 at 8:13 AM
War is the same no matter what century.
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