Echoes From Vietnam

by Myrna Wilson

WE WILL NEVER FORGET…….HOW COULD WE?

THEIR VOICES ECHO FROM THE GRAVE THEIR NAMES ARE ON THE WIND. IN LIFE
THEY ARE TO BE NO MORE, YET THEY ARE WITH US EVERYDAY WE LIVE.

HOW YOUNG THEY WERE WHEN THEIR COUNTRY CALLED…..READY THEY WERE TO GO,
AND GIVE ALL.

THEY GAVE SO MUCH, SOME GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE, THEY GAVE ALL. YET
TODAY SO MANY SUFFER FROM WHAT WAS DONE TO THEM. NOT ONLY TO THEIR
BODIES BUT TO THEIR MINDS AS WELL.

WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT LISTEN TO THEIR CALL. THEY CRY OUT FOR HELP…..YET
NO HELP COMES. WE WERE SO WILLING TO TAKE ALL THEY HAD TO GIVE, YET WE
HELP THEM NOT.

HOW THEY SUFFERED, HOW THEY STILL DO. LOSING THERE BROTHERS MORE
EVERYDAY TO THIS LITTLE THING CALLED AGENT ORANGE! THERE HEARTS ARE
FILLED WITH PAIN, THEY SUFFER SO AND GAIN NOTHING FROM US. IF YOU CLOSE
YOUR EYES AT NIGHT YOU CAN HEAR THEM CRYING IN THE DARK, WHAT PAIN THEY
SHARE. YET THESE MEN THESE BROTHERS CRY NOT FOR THEMSELVES, THEY CRY FOR
THEIR COUNTRY AND THE BROTHERS WHO GAVE SO MUCH AND STILL DO. HOW CAN WE
THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA TURN OUR BACKS ON THEM, ON ANY OF THEM? NO MATTER
WHAT WAR WAS THEIR WAR, THEY FOUGHT TO KEEP US FREE. NOW WE CALL ON
AMERICA`S BEST ONCE MORE, AND THEY ARE THERE HELPING TO KEEP US FREE.
LET`S NOT FORGET….. LET FREEDOM RING. WE PRAY FOR ARE TROOPS THE ONES
TODAY
AND FROM ALL PAST WAR`S. HOLD THESE MEN IN YOUR HEART EVERY MINUTE OF
THE DAY……. YOU SEE THEY ARE ALL SO SPECIAL. IN SO MANY WAYS. THEY
ARE ALL.
THE BEST OF THE BEST. AMERICA`S BEST.
GOD BLESS THEM ALL!

Myrna Wilson
3-21-03

IF YOU LOVE YOUR FREEDOM THANK A VET!

DON`T EVER FORGET WHAT THEY GAVE UP FOR YOU!