Remember me America; I was once your son.

I fought and died at Valley Forge with General Washington.

I was there again at Gettysburg on a tragic, tragic day

When brother fought brother; the blue against the gray.

I was there with Teddy Roosevelt. It was a charge called San Juan Hill

Some kid came back to fight again. I just laid there still.

I was there a Pearl Harbor. It was a day they called infamy.

I'm still there with my shipmates at the bottom of the sea.

D-Day, June 6, 1944, we stormed the beaches of Normandy.

We fought uphill every inch of the way. We routed the Germans

And pushed them back, but oh the price we had to pay.

I heard the Seals say one night in Korea-we can take it I know we will

And I died again in a place called Porkchop Hill.

Vietnam, Vietnam, when will we ever learn?

I'm one of many thousands who never did return.

I left my town, my wife, my kids, my home so dear and warm

And died again in a scud attack in a place called Desert Storm.

So in my eternity, my thoughts will go to thee.

I won't forget you America. America, please don't forget me.

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-- free (freedom@isn't.free), June 06, 2000