Troops confidently led to Ong Thanh Stream
United States Companies B and D.
Watched as air strikes troubled the VC team.
Later found seventeen killed enemy.
Silver Star presented to Welch that day.
Captain Nguyen Van Lam set up ambush.
First Platoon reported trees were a sway.
A claymore mine exploded in a rush.
US Military put a spin on it.
Ong Thanh was a disastrous battle.
VC Victory we did not admit.
US Soldiers informed not to tattle.
Allen and Dowling were two lost that day.
Hundreds of others, a swamp far away.
Written 12-31-2018 Contest: War Sonnet
Sponsor: Mark Massey
I Am Not Somebody
Holding up they head they drift write bye.
No water droplets from the rain
could evere slide in there.
They look at everyone else to be nobody there.
Have they ever registered they fellow man.
If it is The Lone Ranger they would quickly look away.
And decide it was noone But Claymore Mine was there.
Why do they decide,
that no one can compare to them.
They are the cats meow,
They do not ever plow or work for scratch.
They carry worth upon they back.
They are somebody.
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