Heros of the Past....Remember?

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   ahorsebackposted 15 years ago

   He sits blankly staring into the night
   only mist filled visions cross his view.
   The Marine watches on point ....as trained
   as his eyes play games with the shadows too.
   
   He wonders how he got to this place
   where are the battle fields of my fathers'.
   What is there in this jungle to defend
   I'd be elsewhere if I had my rathers.
   
   He's watched his friends die.....as he carried
   them to the waiting Hueys there.
   He's found his manhood in the terrors of battle
   he's got his own thousand yard stare.
   
   Looking back to yesterday now .....where
   did the years go between .
   Just a kid when starting out...now
   post stress colors his dreams.
   
   And what does the world remember...
   protests played on the nightly news.
   Nobody asked his oppinion.....
   or has ever considered his views.
   
   He  has long forgotten his
   bitterness upon his own return.
   Protesters at the airport..."baby killers"
   they called him.... while the flags burned.
   
   "I wish we'd stayed to finish it", he says
   and when I look at him ...I believe.
   Too bad his country wasn't behind him
   once again ...there's no reprieve.
   
   He's always been my hero....
   he stands taller than the rest ,it's true.
   He's always believed in the mission
   he'll believe it .....tomorrow too.

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      ahorsebackposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I write stuff because I like to write and share, as well ,the issues of our vets are very important to me, always have been . I do not write to promote my hubs , Nor  for financial gain. Thank you for your comments though.

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   kimberlyslyricsposted 15 years ago

   welcome and a beautiful piece.  Most often this size of post is placed in a hub, or rather creates a hub.  The Start of a thread should be short as possible and to the point.  HP also has a rule of no self promotion which this could be considered a form of.  Please believe me when I say I am just trying to help, hope I did.
   
   Now I say go make it into a Hub, I'll Read it and comment!
   
   Cheers
   
   Kimberly

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   TheQuestionposted 15 years ago

   yes we forced people into the military to go fight in another country and because society feels guilty about how some of those guys were treated when they returned we now call anyone who chooses the military as their job a "hero"
   oh well
   it may not be the correct term but it does beat "loser" or "murderer"
   i am just glad we have not been doing full-on drafts like the one that got my dad when he was almost finished college
   that's a good thing about high unemployment.
   it encourages kids to go into the military so we don't need to pull people out of college

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      ahorsebackposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Some were forced into the Viet nam war draft , alot were enlisted , many  were dissed by their country men and women upon their return , I am amazed that so many people don't know what the Viet Nam war was about or when it was fought..  College was a deferment as I recall , I hope America will be  better about remembering it's veterans in the years following the popularity of this war, or for that matter , any war. We treat our vets pretty badly in America........

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         TheQuestionposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         yeah you would think that college was a deferrment but i guess it was not 100%.
         my dad told me when he was drafted he ended up being a college student stuck with high school kids in basic.
         he said it was tougher on him because they don't make you take PE in college like they do in high school--lol
         but he made it
         luckily he didn't fight his draft
         and spent a lot of time in hawaii
         had he delayed it even by a week or two he would have ended up actually being shipped TO viet nam
         as it is he missed it by mere days
         he thinks he got lucky
         i say it was good karma
         he didn't fight going in so they didn't fight letting him out even though the majority of his unit shipped out days after the end of his service

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   TheQuestionposted 15 years ago

   yeah none of us ever read all the rules and even when you do they don't alway help because they are sometimes so generalized
   kim is right
   some of us love poetry here on hp
   make it into a hub
   throw your reasons for writing it into an intro or an outro and throw the poem itself up
   throw in a pic or 2
   maybe a related video or 2
   if you wanna go crazy
   and you have a hub!

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      ahorsebackposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for the sharing , stories and advice,  remember your vets , hope your father is well. later.......

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   ahorsebackposted 15 years ago

   I have had the pleasure of knowing many vets , old and new , any out there? As hubbers, welcome home  from where ever you served........and stay well.....

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