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Just a Serviceman

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, and he sat around the Amvets, telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he had fought in, and the deeds that he had done. In his exploits with his buddies;
they were heroes, everyone.

And 'tho sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke, all his buddies listened, for they knew where of he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer, for the old man has passed away, and the world's a little poorer, for a Serviceman died today.

He won't be mourned by many, just his children and his wife. for he lived an ordinary, very quiet sort of life.

He held a job and raised a family, quietly going on his way, and the world won't know of his passing; 'tho a Serviceman died today.

When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state, while thousands note their passing, and proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life stories, from the time that they were young,
But the passing of a Serviceman, goes unnoticed and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution, to the welfare of our land, some jerk who breaks his promise, and cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow,
Who in times of war and strife, goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?

The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives, are sometimes disproportionate, to the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Serviceman, who offered up his all, is paid off with a medal and perhaps a pension, small.

It's so easy to forget them, for it is so long ago, that our Bob's and Jim's and Johnny's, went to battle, but we know.

It was not the politicians,
With their compromise and ploys, who won for us the freedom, that our Country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand, would you really want some cop-out, with his ever waffling stand?

Or would you want a Serviceman, who has sworn to defend, his home, his kin, and Country, and would fight until the end?

He was just a common Serviceman, and his ranks are growing thin, But his presence should remind us, we may need his like again.

For when countries are in conflict, then we find the Serviceman's part, is to clean up all the troubles,
That the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor, while he's here to hear the praise, then at least let's give him homage, at the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline, in the paper that might say:

"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING, FOR A SERVICEMAN DIED TODAY"

- -Author Unknown

 

 

 
 
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.


ALDRICH, WILLIAM -  1991
ANDRESEN, RAYMOND B. - 2003
ANDERSON, ARCHIE - 2005
ANDRYSIAK, FRANK (ANDY) - 1991
ANKNEY, CHARLES - 2003
ARWICK, JAMES - 2001
BAKER, Joseph - 1993
BANKS, SAM - 1999
BIANCKINO, JOHN B. - 2003
BLAIR, WILLIAM - 1995
BOLAN, HERBERT - 2002
BOYD, WILLIAM J. 2005
BRECKENRIDGE, DAN - 1994
BROWER, WALTER K. - 2004
BROWN, LEON - 2000
BRYSON, DAN - 2003
BUSNARDO, MARCO - 1996
CANNON, CHARLES (CHUCK) - 1998
CARIGNAN, ADRIEN - 1998
CRATER, ROBERT
CERRETO, ROCCO - 2003
CYRE, GABRIEL
DEALY, DR. THOMAS
DETVILER, THOMAS E. - 2000
DILLON, FRANK - 1997
DI CENZI, RAY - 1996
DI PIPPA, GABE - 2000
DONELSON, Kenneth "Bud" - 2008
DOTAGE, WALDO - 2007
DOWNEY, HAROLD - 1999
DRENNAN, LOYD S. - 1995
EDDS, HUBERT D.
EDWARDS, WALTER - 1944
ELLER, ROBERT - 1999
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EUBANKS, JAMES R. - 2003
FAKE, LEO - 2000
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FRANKS, CHESTER - 2003
FREEMAN, BENNY
FRORST, AL G.
GARDNER, LESLEY - 2005
GARRISON, WALTER - 2006
GAULDEN, KENNETH - 2004
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GUNTER, ELDON - 2003
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HELM, Ed (REVERAND) - 2003
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HINCHLIFFE, CHARLES - 1998
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KINGHORN, RAYMOND - 2005
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LILES, LOUIS P. - 1999
LUPICH, RUDY
MAKARCHUK, ANDREW (ANDY) - 2002
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McLAUGHLIN, CLAYTON
MOCK, ROBERT
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MURPHY, ROBERT (BOB)
MURPHY, TOM - 1999
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ORMISTON, JAMES - 1998
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PETERSON, GLEN W. - 2004 
PHILLIPS, HARRY - 2000
PILTHER, DR.
PIEPER, RALPH - 1997
PORTER, WALLY
POTEAT, Kenneth D. - 2004
POWL, James E (Reverand) - 2006
PINE, LLOYD - 1996
PRETLOVE, ROBERT - 2003
PROCTOR, John (Captain)- 2006
PROSTOR, EDWARD A.
PULLANO, TONY - 1996
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RAPP, ROBERT - 2002
REARDON, PATRICK WILLIAM - 2006
RICE, SAM - 1990
RICHARDSON, W. E - 1995
RIKER, E.
ROBERTS, NELSON - 1990
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TURNER, ARCHIBALD T. - 2000
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WEAVER, HENRY C.
 WESTON, TOM - 1997
WETZBARGER, WAYNE - 1993
WHEELER, HAROLD F. - 2007
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WILLIAMS, REDIC - 2000
WOLF, JOHN P. (MISTER ATLAS)
WRAY, RAYMOND - 1992
ZINDELL, DAVID W. - 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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