Remembering Memorial Day

[Reg]

He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
...

(Please see this entire poem at http://vaincourt.homestead.com/common_soldier.html)

[Andy]

Re: Remembering Memorial Day

WOW, Reg. I don't know where you got that but THANK YOU for posting it. One day my dear dad will slip into 'sleep' (he's now almost 88 years old...and of course I know the rapture could still happen before he dies) and when/if that day comes the country will lose one more WWII soldier that fought the Nazi's in France back in 1946.

Excellent poem - if you have the source please do post that as this is something we do require. If "Author Unknown" is the official title then please put that here.

[Andy]

Re: Remembering Memorial Day

Reg et al,
I'm sorry to do this but I'm removing the majority of the poem. I've been given a link that shows it was written by an individual and is also protected with a copyright statement. We have a long-standing policy about this so...I'll put the link to where it's posted.

JUST A COMMON SOLDIER
(A Soldier Died Today)
by A. Lawrence Vaincourt

[Guest]

Re: Remembering Memorial Day

WWII soldier that fought the Nazi's in France back in 1946. 

typo alert ww2 ended in 1945... did you mean 1944 ?

My father and uncles served in WW2.......

[Andy]

Re: Remembering Memorial Day

Sorry, yes - his boots hit the shores of Normandy on June 13, 1944 where he was shot in the leg. It's also where he found our Savior.

[DUB & EVE]

Re: Remembering Memorial Day

He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
...

(Please see this entire poem at http://vaincourt.homestead.com/common_soldier.html)

Thanks for sharing Reg.