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D-Day
Contributed by
waynster
on
Friday, 22nd April 2016 @ 06:10:09 PM in AEST
Topic:
war
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Bent steel
with mangled blood and guts
What was I thinking to join
I must have seriously been nuts
Ambushed
shortly after getting off the boat
Bullets flying everywhere
I waded past dead bodies still afloat
My mind spinning so fast
buddies blown apart by my side
All I could do is keep moving
there was no place to hide
Ocean water was once blue
now it has turned to red
The enemy just keeps on shooting
its a horrific battle with so many dead
I manage to hit the beach
blood pouring from my right arm
In shock from the horror
of this bloody body farm
Now covered in sand
explosions all around
Bullets still flying
I hear the buzzing sound
There is no pain
even though there should be
My arm half missing
it didnt seem to bother me
Crawling further under fire
mentally and morally straight
I find an enemy bunker
its time they meet their fate
I grab a grenade
I pull the pin with my other hand and throw
I heard a bunch of screaming
then I heard it blow
I managed to enter that bunker
not one shot fired at me
Bloodied bodies and bent steel
is all that I could see
Some call me a hero
but I believe it not to be true
I was just a Marine
with a job to do
Its very haunting to come home
and leave so many brothers dead on that beach
My soul has cried for years
my true sanity again I will never reach
Many brave men
they died on the beach that day
They were the heros
when their lives were taken away
To all my brothers
to forget you I never will
Your memories were carried with me
when I conquered that bunker on the hill
May you all rest in peace
in heaven where you stay
Your death was not in vain
youre all the heros of D-Day
Written: 23 April 2016
Copyright 2016 E. Wayne Searles. All Rights Reserved
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Re: D-Day
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 23rd April 2016 @ 04:31:29 PM AEST
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Trust me, Waynster, I/'/ll never forget those who died for me and mine. Be it on the beaches of Normandy, or Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Midway, and all the others that I/'/m embarrassed to not name here. Young Americans gave their lives to save Europe from tyranny. Without them, we/'/d be under the Nazi jackboot..
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Re: D-Day
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 23rd April 2016 @ 04:41:05 PM AEST
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I/'/m not forgetting the 20,000,000 Russians, nor all the other nationalities, but without the USA, we;d all be slaves to the Nazis and Imperial Japan.
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Re: D-Day
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by ladyfawn on
Saturday, 23rd April 2016 @ 05:48:30 PM AEST
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truly beautiful, blessings and thank you,
hugs n love nessa |
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