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Jackie Sharp Sheflin
5/24/2009 5:45:52 PM | I would like to share this Memorial Day poem with all of you.
A Memorial Day Poem
By C W Johnson
We walked among the crosses
Where our fallen soldiers lay.
And listened to the bugle
As TAPS began to play.
The Chaplin led a prayer
We stood with heads bowed low.
And I thought of fallen comrades
I had known so long ago.
They came from every city
Across this fertile land.
That we might live in freedom.
They lie here 'neath the sand.
I felt a little guilty
My sacrifice was small.
I only lost a little time
But these men lost their all.
Now the services are over
For this Memorial Day.
To the names upon these crosses
I just want to say,
Thanks for what you've given
No one could ask for more.
May you rest with God in heaven
From now through evermore
Jackie
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donaldbyers
5/24/2009 9:26:35 PM | Thanks for posting this poem Jackie...
Don
Sgt. Donald C. Byers, 613th Bomb Squadron, Togglier, 42-97344 Carrie B II, KIA 08/24/1944.
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EDanaII
5/25/2009 7:18:25 AM | (Salutes)
May we never forget them.
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Jackie Sharp Sheflin
5/25/2009 8:01:09 AM | Don & Ed,
Every time I think of my father and all the other men and women who gave so much it still hurts and I hope no one forgets their sacrifices.
Jackie
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Jackie Sharp Sheflin
5/25/2009 8:10:05 AM | Don & Ed,
Quite often when I see a man with a cap on who is obviously a vet....I try to walk up to them and say thank you.
They often seem surprised and that is a shame. So to any and all vets who may read this today....Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And to the families that supported them and especially to the families that lost a loved one.....know that we care more than any poem or words could ever express.
Jackie
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EDanaII
5/31/2010 5:59:47 PM | Just resurrecting this thread so that we can, once again, remember our those who sacrificed and give them one big  for their services.
Ed.
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VernsDaughter
6/1/2010 12:26:34 AM | I thank God for all of our veterans; how very different things would be without them and all that they did.
Jean, proudly and humbly Vern's daughter
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