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In Memory of Seven Soldiers
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"In Memory of Seven Soldiers" is a tribute to soldiers, especially those seven who died in the 1969 MACVSOG, CCS, Command and Control helicopter crash in the service of their country. They paid the ultimate price. This memorial is for them and all like them.

“In Memory of Seven Soldiers”

By
Dennis W. Lid

They died today,
Those seven men,
Proud soldiers
But they died.

Their mission was
A risky one
That all knew
Must be done.

Headlong they flew
Into the void
That fate
Prepared for them.

Yet had they time
To think of it,
The same they
Would have done.

A soldier whose
A good one
Asks not
The reason why.

He does his job
No matter what,
Well knowing
He may die.

A soldier is
A mortal man,
And mortals
All must die.

It’s cause for wonder
That they knew,
Yet looked death
In the eye.

But these were soldiers
Every one,
And that’s
The reason why.

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Reviewed by Dennis Lid
Reviewed on September 15, 2007
I wholeheartedly agree with newbookreviews.org review of my book, First to Last - The Tale of a Biker.


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