BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
They went across the ocean
To fight in that Asian war -
On behalf of freedom, justice
For peoples of that foreign shore.
More than fifty-eight thousand men
Faced wars' reality -
Bravely sacrificed their lives
So that others might be free.
Most of them were very young -
And now, it seems such a waste -
That war accomplished nothing
And has left a bitter taste.
Those who did survive came home
To a country which turned away -
We didn't know how to greet them -
We didn't know what to say.
They came home to a nation
That said it didn't care -
Said it didn't want to know about
What went on over there.
The tide is finally turning -
Don't you think it's about time
We gave some praise to all of those
Who laid their life on the line?
Copyright Del "Abe" Jones
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