Show an old faded uniform I 1 love i A sabre long since sheathe and rusted in its scabbard A cap of blue A pair of dingy c eirons these tell to me story old as tim of love of coun of war and strife d that h how si k jihei did die w e ent of these irb e tell tine f th nag of the ches of the lit 3 of a I 1 of the c e of the d I 1 a of hell of the t of all tat Is and heroes p a m ent a I 1 L A d or ft t 0 I 1 he flag ha for floats he arlands t 1 0 b I 1 di a n ge Y T a at h un ded I 1 s but e I 1 co aless n 0 en r ks an Q t cathe if by deeds pa eveldn to 0 eto j I 1 rs and fer bute to their memory 10 t s air day t N f wear a miah IId atlon mi gh n war and ong as the world knows strength and it is our patrio M c that makes us strong for the love of country blat we are indebted to our adier I 1 fath to the tales of warfare we have listened to at their knee e boy who ith starin ba d b th ory of t thac charge of the han er has in al cism wi with th ev every sentence these til abc de of him a m n a patriot have attuned hi p odthe of the branc e blare of th the bugle 1 how 0 S st been told to aric e but as I look baci u n 46 th and oa ifor ag again n those of one type M X to pries of detthof dea death of shot and shell rhyus e stories of peace baie it was fitel e I 1 i t the night I 1 the battle had waged wa C id thelong the long battle lines laid down up c nd and gray kept touch tired eyes ma q tto t to 0 e strained forthe ecat suspicious of I 1 f ht there cams cam a voice yank have 11 0 r a drink plenty johnn 6 over an am I 1 both were battling for the right e ht both were true to their cause seeking every ad vanta r truehearted true hearted chiver alrona men there was no fear 0 st side de as they ad danced into antt the darkness to meet and dri r same canteen such much has always alway been the type of ii e i soldier kle he goes to battle not as a paid mur murderer dener but as a p pa ak is magnanimous chiv airous a man he fights not for a ne ifor for a cause he fights fair as fair as war can be made he has taught the whole world a new definition of the word soldier WRIGHT A PATTERSON by the Ati author thor |