Show I I Heroes Welcome Home I IBy By Lenore Brown Christensen Christensen- E IIA HAVE VE been missing you WE W While you have done for us Deeds so exalting And liberty won von for us You do pot not know how weve we've hungered and waited I With high hopes abated i To hear how yo you fared while the world you were righting In ln trenches so BO gory You triumphed in glory We knew righteous peace would be gained by your fl fighting ELL ILL I'LL not forget in the age of Democracy W WELL WE'LL How you went forth for us us- us V II Splendidly gallantly Eagerly valiantly Immortal heroes who vanquished autocracy v While you were gone we were bowed with oppression r As mothers are are all all bereft of repression f When babes fall sick sick sick- c And after fond nursing i They find no Till nestling them close in despair they break grieving But Dut now you return and our fears tears are all vanished AntI AnU from our world peace-world the war-foe war is banished E KNOW V how you sacrificed everything near to y you u I WE XI Gave up world pleasures and loved ones so dear to yo you your r And deep in our hearts we had tears fears of the ending Of lives we were sending r 4 fc v- v While tumult was pending But now we arc are cheering As home you are nearing nearing- A. A v t v X k Proudly we greet you with welcome endearing lv J OME IE boys have cried for us S SOME There as they died for us Out where the poppies grew l Some bore so bold for tor us y 1 Sufferings untold for tor us 1 4 4 Hungry and cold for us 1 0 K Out where the chilled winds blew i And your lives you'd give for tor us So when you come and we see you are living f 1 i. i Well We'll murmur a prayer a deep silent thanksgiving Welcome dear Yanks to the land you have kept so free tree Welcome for tor you OU offered all for humanity Editors Editor's note The note The above poem is not necessarily dedicated d to the members members mem mem- bers of the One Hundred Forty fifth artillery but to all of Utah's sons who went overseas in democracy's name |