november 11


You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye 
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.
Siegfried Sassoon

3 comments:

  1. Hello:
    These are sentiments with which we wholly concur.

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  2. Powerful photo. We watched the Patriots game with our friend who survived special ops in 'Nam; he still struggles, silently.

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  3. It's a stunning image. There are those who never came home and those who did but not completely. It's an unimaginable sacrifice.

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