Dog Tags

by Andy Wood on November 11, 2009

in 100 Words

For every mother who saw her son off to something benignly called, “deployment,”

For every pharmacist, plumber, or school teacher who learned the true meaning of “citizen soldier,”

For every sailor who remembers Pearl Harbor, or Marine who stormed Normandy,

For every soldier who remembers Fort Hood, Saigon, or Baghdad,

For every mechanic who ever rebuilt a helicopter engine, or pilot who left a vapor trail in the name of freedom,

For every broken heart, haunted in a cemetery by the last fading notes of “Taps,”

For every tri-cornered flag, decorated grave, or salute rendered on this day…

Thank you.

maymie November 12, 2009 at 12:27 am

couldn’t have said it better!!! Well put!

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