Thank You For Your Service
“Thank you for your service."
How many times have I heard that.
Do they know or understand?
Do they really care?
I fought at Bloody Antietam,
Shiloh, Gettysburg and Franklin.
Blue and gray, makes no difference.
Casualties measured by the thousands.
I fought at Belleau Woods and Meuse-Argonne.
Mud filled trenches stinking with filth.
Mustard gas stinging eyes, burning lungs.
The war...
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