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SHE AIN'T JUST A 2nd LT
Contributed by
docpardue
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Monday, 15th November 2004 @ 12:15:19 AM in AEST
Topic:
war
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Not sure where she called home
She stayed pretty much alone
The job was tough, long, and hard
She made it look easy
Setting her emotions aside
She worked on the boys from back home.
When she arrived she was easy going and soft
War changes people brings out the best and their worst
She would not give up on the dying boys
She would order them not to die
Some had the fight to listen and not give up
A few came home walking and not in a bag.
2nd Lt. I swear at the end of her tour
Was better and knew just what to do
She would work with the head wounds and the blind
She was their sister, mom, and wife
Sitting and talking to them trying to help them find their way
No one knew that at the end of her shift
She would go back to her room and just cry.
In the open at the job she was calm and positive
No one knew the pain she buried deep inside.
35 years later she lives alone at her home, she remembers
And she still cries, but she never became a sister, mom, or wife.
I lost too many brothers, was a widow time and time again, my sons died
PTSD and Agent Orange is killing all the rest.
Dont you know who I am?
I aint just a 2nd Lt., Not just Army Nurse Corp
I am your sister, mom, and wife
Damn it.I order you to live.
Copyright ©
docpardue
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2004-11-15 00:15:19]
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Re: SHE AIN'T JUST A 2nd LT
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by Jenni_K on
Monday, 15th November 2004 @ 12:20:58 AM AEST
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Really touching write, Kerry.... as always..
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Re: SHE AIN'T JUST A 2nd LT
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by Former_Member on
Monday, 15th November 2004 @ 12:21:24 AM AEST
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| This is truly a great tribute if ever my eyes have laid upon one. I will besure to remember that order while I am in the "sandbox" |
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Re: SHE AIN'T JUST A 2nd LT
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by shelby on
Monday, 15th November 2004 @ 03:49:18 PM AEST
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brought a tear to my eye very lovely write
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