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Boys, Mere Boys (In honor of those who gave)
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Boys, Mere Boys (In honor of those who gave) |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA 
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Boys, mere boys carrying the world’s weight upon soft shoulders. Carpenters, farmers, all walks of life, standing in long rows, scarcely clad, nervously awaiting the single word....”Next!” Poked, prodded, examined, stamped fit for duty, sworn in beneath a flag, one they would cherish and guard with their lives from that day forward. Until death or victory, until capture or injury. The boats, filled with souls shivering from the fear of a moment that awaited them against a hail of bullets that noisily clanged against a thin steel hull as a boat labored against the seas toward what would make Hell seem a walk in the park. Suddenly, the lurch of sand scraping against the bottom, telling that time had come to find what destiny awaited them. So many died, the screams of death drowned out by the staccato of machine guns, rifles, cannon fire from miles out at sea as shells screamed overhead like invisible freight trains, seeking those that strove so desperately to keep the human tide from coming. Wading through waters running red, pushing aside those that never made that next step. Finding someone that had moments ago clasped your hand or shoulder and said “good luck” through their own tears. Yes, boys, mere boys....many to return home grown, many to never return, now buried in rows beneath white markers....some saying only “unknown.” D-day....a foreign land...soon to become home for some, a relenting hell for others...Yes, boys, mere boys...most now in eternal rest, many still living those moments, over and over again behind silent eyes that do not speak but tell a story that we must never ever forget. |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
Thank you for this one. They were boys, but they were heroes. Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Yes Nan, they all, from every nation... most certainly were and are heroes... Thank You.. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
 Thank you for this tribute Barry. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Wonderful, brave write, Magnus. Corinne |
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