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ANDRÉ ZIRNHELD: THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER. I’m asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things that others never ask of You. I don’t ask You for rest, or tranquillity. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don’t ask You for wealth, or success, or evenhealth. that you
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER In the heart of a negligent maid. Fickle Aeolus, fight for the airborne, Whom I strive with frail fingers to aid. Give my heroes kind wind and fair weather, Let no parachute sidle or slump, For today we go warring together. And my soul will be there at the jump. Written during WW2 by G.D. Martineau. MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL: REMEMBER THEM Major Michael Davis O’Donnell. Major O’Donnell was Killed-in-Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970. His was a name with a small cross on The Wall (Panel 12W, Line 40) until came home to Arlington National Cemetery on August 16, 2001; the cross was changedto a diamond.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
ANDRÉ ZIRNHELD: THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER. I’m asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things that others never ask of You. I don’t ask You for rest, or tranquillity. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don’t ask You for wealth, or success, or evenhealth. that you
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER In the heart of a negligent maid. Fickle Aeolus, fight for the airborne, Whom I strive with frail fingers to aid. Give my heroes kind wind and fair weather, Let no parachute sidle or slump, For today we go warring together. And my soul will be there at the jump. Written during WW2 by G.D. Martineau. MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL: REMEMBER THEM Major Michael Davis O’Donnell. Major O’Donnell was Killed-in-Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970. His was a name with a small cross on The Wall (Panel 12W, Line 40) until came home to Arlington National Cemetery on August 16, 2001; the cross was changedto a diamond.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGE The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’sway.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here.DEL “ABE” JONES
Del “Abe” Jones served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1961, 92nd Combat Defense Squadron, K-9 Corps, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Today, Jones is a father of four and grandfather to eight who reside in Spokane, Washington. He continues to write poetry MICHAEL E. TANK: THE MIRACLE ON HILL 52 Michael E. Tank THE MIRACLE ON HILL 52. Hill 52 in 1970 looking south across river at gun ship working out Photograph 1970 by John Dough, 1/1 Marines There are dozens of clichés about war. You see them in all the war movies, read them in every book. MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL: REMEMBER THEM Major Michael Davis O’Donnell. Major O’Donnell was Killed-in-Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970. His was a name with a small cross on The Wall (Panel 12W, Line 40) until came home to Arlington National Cemetery on August 16, 2001; the cross was changedto a diamond.
KELLY STRONG: FREEDOM IS NOT FREE Kelly Strong. This poem is important to Kelly because he wrote it as a high school senior (JROTC cadet) at Homestead High, Homestead, FL. in 1981. It is a tribute to his father, a career marine who served two tours in Vietnam. When he finds others trying to take credit for the authorship of the poem, Kelly sees it as a dishonor to the man who GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; theGEORGE MANSFORD AO
George Mansford AO. George Mansford enlisted in the Australian Army in 1951. He served 40 years as an infantryman; most of that time in the Royal Australian Regiment. His service included Korea, the Malayan Emergency, Thai Border, Vietnam, New Guinea and Singapore. He was commissioned from the ranks in 1964. JODIE JOHNSON: WHO ARE THESE MEN? Is always high. Who are these men. Who in the midst of pain. Whispered comfort to those. They would not see again? These are the men. Whose hands held tomorrow. Who brought back our future. With blood, tearsand sorrow.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: AND GOD WAS THERE Webmaster’s Note: For quite some time, I was under the misapprehension that this poem was written by Michael E. Schafernocker, a 20 year old from Arlington, Texas who was regular Navy, killed when the Navy Seawolf helicopter on which he was a door gunner was shot down in Kien Tuong, South Vietnam, near the Cambodian border on April 28, 1969. INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
RICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren. Richard’s “boots and all” war stories and poetry, both fact and fiction, are GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. AUDIE L. MURPHY: THE CROSSES GROW ON ANZIO With yours and mine, like butchered swine; And hell is six feet deep. That death does wait. There’s no debate; No triumph will we reap. The crosses grow on Anzio, Where hell is six feet deep. Written in 1948 by Audie Murphy. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
RICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren. Richard’s “boots and all” war stories and poetry, both fact and fiction, are GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. AUDIE L. MURPHY: THE CROSSES GROW ON ANZIO With yours and mine, like butchered swine; And hell is six feet deep. That death does wait. There’s no debate; No triumph will we reap. The crosses grow on Anzio, Where hell is six feet deep. Written in 1948 by Audie Murphy. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly onRICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren.DEL “ABE” JONES
Del “Abe” Jones served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1961, 92nd Combat Defense Squadron, K-9 Corps, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Today, Jones is a father of four and grandfather to eight who reside in Spokane, Washington. He continues to write poetry ANDRÉ ZIRNHELD: THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER. I’m asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things that others never ask of You. I don’t ask You for rest, or tranquillity. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don’t ask You for wealth, or success, or evenhealth. that you
LES PEATE - IWVPA.NET Les Peate. Les Peate’s military career began when, as an army cadet, he was poised to prevent a German invasion of his homeland, armed with an 1880’s Martini-Enfield carbine (but no ammo). The success of this was evident as the Nazis were obviously deterred from invadingBritain.
MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL: REMEMBER THEM Major Michael Davis O’Donnell. Major O’Donnell was Killed-in-Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970. His was a name with a small cross on The Wall (Panel 12W, Line 40) until came home to Arlington National Cemetery on August 16, 2001; the cross was changedto a diamond.
MICHAEL E. TANK: THE MIRACLE ON HILL 52 Michael E. Tank THE MIRACLE ON HILL 52. Hill 52 in 1970 looking south across river at gun ship working out Photograph 1970 by John Dough, 1/1 Marines There are dozens of clichés about war. You see them in all the war movies, read them in every book.FORREST LANGLEY
Forrest Langley. Forrest Langley: Operation Iraqi Freedom Forrest served in the US Army as gunner on Humvees in the Sunni ‘Triangle of Death’ in 2005, and experienced many vehicles being blown up under him. Wounded with Traumatic Brain Damage as a result of the second blast, he experienced four subsequent blasts.GEORGE MANSFORD AO
George Mansford AO. George Mansford enlisted in the Australian Army in 1951. He served 40 years as an infantryman; most of that time in the Royal Australian Regiment. His service included Korea, the Malayan Emergency, Thai Border, Vietnam, New Guinea and Singapore. He was commissioned from the ranks in 1964. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: MILITARY WIFE What is it there for?” asked the angel. The Lord replied, “It’s for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride, and a dedication to all the values that it and its spouse hold dear.”. “You are a genius!” exclaimed the angel. The Lord looked puzzledand replied, “I
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
RICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren. Richard’s “boots and all” war stories and poetry, both fact and fiction, are GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. AUDIE L. MURPHY: THE CROSSES GROW ON ANZIO With yours and mine, like butchered swine; And hell is six feet deep. That death does wait. There’s no debate; No triumph will we reap. The crosses grow on Anzio, Where hell is six feet deep. Written in 1948 by Audie Murphy. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
RICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren. Richard’s “boots and all” war stories and poetry, both fact and fiction, are GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. AUDIE L. MURPHY: THE CROSSES GROW ON ANZIO With yours and mine, like butchered swine; And hell is six feet deep. That death does wait. There’s no debate; No triumph will we reap. The crosses grow on Anzio, Where hell is six feet deep. Written in 1948 by Audie Murphy. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly onRICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren.DEL “ABE” JONES
Del “Abe” Jones served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1961, 92nd Combat Defense Squadron, K-9 Corps, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Today, Jones is a father of four and grandfather to eight who reside in Spokane, Washington. He continues to write poetry ANDRÉ ZIRNHELD: THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER. I’m asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things that others never ask of You. I don’t ask You for rest, or tranquillity. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don’t ask You for wealth, or success, or evenhealth. that you
LES PEATE - IWVPA.NET Les Peate. Les Peate’s military career began when, as an army cadet, he was poised to prevent a German invasion of his homeland, armed with an 1880’s Martini-Enfield carbine (but no ammo). The success of this was evident as the Nazis were obviously deterred from invadingBritain.
MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL: REMEMBER THEM Major Michael Davis O’Donnell. Major O’Donnell was Killed-in-Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970. His was a name with a small cross on The Wall (Panel 12W, Line 40) until came home to Arlington National Cemetery on August 16, 2001; the cross was changedto a diamond.
MICHAEL E. TANK: THE MIRACLE ON HILL 52 Michael E. Tank THE MIRACLE ON HILL 52. Hill 52 in 1970 looking south across river at gun ship working out Photograph 1970 by John Dough, 1/1 Marines There are dozens of clichés about war. You see them in all the war movies, read them in every book.FORREST LANGLEY
Forrest Langley. Forrest Langley: Operation Iraqi Freedom Forrest served in the US Army as gunner on Humvees in the Sunni ‘Triangle of Death’ in 2005, and experienced many vehicles being blown up under him. Wounded with Traumatic Brain Damage as a result of the second blast, he experienced four subsequent blasts.GEORGE MANSFORD AO
George Mansford AO. George Mansford enlisted in the Australian Army in 1951. He served 40 years as an infantryman; most of that time in the Royal Australian Regiment. His service included Korea, the Malayan Emergency, Thai Border, Vietnam, New Guinea and Singapore. He was commissioned from the ranks in 1964. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: MILITARY WIFE What is it there for?” asked the angel. The Lord replied, “It’s for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride, and a dedication to all the values that it and its spouse hold dear.”. “You are a genius!” exclaimed the angel. The Lord looked puzzledand replied, “I
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER In the heart of a negligent maid. Fickle Aeolus, fight for the airborne, Whom I strive with frail fingers to aid. Give my heroes kind wind and fair weather, Let no parachute sidle or slump, For today we go warring together. And my soul will be there at the jump. Written during WW2 by G.D. Martineau. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER In the heart of a negligent maid. Fickle Aeolus, fight for the airborne, Whom I strive with frail fingers to aid. Give my heroes kind wind and fair weather, Let no parachute sidle or slump, For today we go warring together. And my soul will be there at the jump. Written during WW2 by G.D. Martineau. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the LES PEATE - IWVPA.NET Les Peate. Les Peate’s military career began when, as an army cadet, he was poised to prevent a German invasion of his homeland, armed with an 1880’s Martini-Enfield carbine (but no ammo). The success of this was evident as the Nazis were obviously deterred from invadingBritain.
DEL “ABE” JONES
Del “Abe” Jones served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1961, 92nd Combat Defense Squadron, K-9 Corps, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Today, Jones is a father of four and grandfather to eight who reside in Spokane, Washington. He continues to write poetryRICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren. Richard’s “boots and all” war stories and poetry, both fact and fiction, areGEORGE MANSFORD AO
George Mansford AO. George Mansford enlisted in the Australian Army in 1951. He served 40 years as an infantryman; most of that time in the Royal Australian Regiment. His service included Korea, the Malayan Emergency, Thai Border, Vietnam, New Guinea and Singapore. He was commissioned from the ranks in 1964.FORREST LANGLEY
Forrest Langley. Forrest Langley: Operation Iraqi Freedom Forrest served in the US Army as gunner on Humvees in the Sunni ‘Triangle of Death’ in 2005, and experienced many vehicles being blown up under him. Wounded with Traumatic Brain Damage as a result of the second blast, he experienced four subsequent blasts. CHRISTOPHER K. SWANSON Christopher Kelly Swanson “Chris” aka “Rocker” “Celebrity Sins” by Chistopher Swanson Click on book graphic for more information and purchase details AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
ANDRÉ ZIRNHELD: THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER. I’m asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things that others never ask of You. I don’t ask You for rest, or tranquillity. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don’t ask You for wealth, or success, or evenhealth. that you
MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL: REMEMBER THEM Major Michael Davis O’Donnell. Major O’Donnell was Killed-in-Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970. His was a name with a small cross on The Wall (Panel 12W, Line 40) until came home to Arlington National Cemetery on August 16, 2001; the cross was changedto a diamond.
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER In the heart of a negligent maid. Fickle Aeolus, fight for the airborne, Whom I strive with frail fingers to aid. Give my heroes kind wind and fair weather, Let no parachute sidle or slump, For today we go warring together. And my soul will be there at the jump. Written during WW2 by G.D. Martineau. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’s way. To those warriors who have passed on since, and to those who gave CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of “The Unknown Patton”, “Patton’s Third Army”, and “Patton’s One-Minute Messages”. More information is available on his website, “ The Patton Society ” particularly on EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP IN WATERS DEEP. In ocean wastes no poppies blow, No crosses stand in ordered row, There young hearts sleep beneath the wave. The spirited, the good, the brave, But stars a constant vigil keep, For them who lie beneath the deep. ‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer. REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER In the heart of a negligent maid. Fickle Aeolus, fight for the airborne, Whom I strive with frail fingers to aid. Give my heroes kind wind and fair weather, Let no parachute sidle or slump, For today we go warring together. And my soul will be there at the jump. Written during WW2 by G.D. Martineau. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… A MARINE DIES. Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. This is the life I have to live, this the soul to the Devil I give. You have your parties and drink your beer, while young men are dying over here. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE When Earth’s little canter is over. And the sun burns the colour of lead, And the last bugle call is sounding to summon the quick and the dead, There may be a panic by people, who don’t know what discipline means, But I’ll wager my pay that the first to obey, Will be – the last of the blinkin’ Marines. Written by Rudyard Kipling AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ George L. Skypeck®™“Sky”. SKY, a native of Massachusetts, is one of America’s most prominent military-historical commemorative artists. His name is a registered trademark. Among nations and places displaying his original artworks and prints are the French Airborne Museum at Ste-Mer-Eglise, Normandy; the Pentagon in Washington; the LES PEATE - IWVPA.NET Les Peate. Les Peate’s military career began when, as an army cadet, he was poised to prevent a German invasion of his homeland, armed with an 1880’s Martini-Enfield carbine (but no ammo). The success of this was evident as the Nazis were obviously deterred from invadingBritain.
DEL “ABE” JONES
Del “Abe” Jones served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1961, 92nd Combat Defense Squadron, K-9 Corps, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Today, Jones is a father of four and grandfather to eight who reside in Spokane, Washington. He continues to write poetryRICHARD D. PRESTON
Richard D. Preston. Richard Preston served with the United States 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines in Vietnam in 1966 – 1967. His thirty plus year marriage to Nancy (who also served in the US Marine Corps) has blessed them with two daughters and four grandchildren. Richard’s “boots and all” war stories and poetry, both fact and fiction, areGEORGE MANSFORD AO
George Mansford AO. George Mansford enlisted in the Australian Army in 1951. He served 40 years as an infantryman; most of that time in the Royal Australian Regiment. His service included Korea, the Malayan Emergency, Thai Border, Vietnam, New Guinea and Singapore. He was commissioned from the ranks in 1964.FORREST LANGLEY
Forrest Langley. Forrest Langley: Operation Iraqi Freedom Forrest served in the US Army as gunner on Humvees in the Sunni ‘Triangle of Death’ in 2005, and experienced many vehicles being blown up under him. Wounded with Traumatic Brain Damage as a result of the second blast, he experienced four subsequent blasts. CHRISTOPHER K. SWANSON Christopher Kelly Swanson “Chris” aka “Rocker” “Celebrity Sins” by Chistopher Swanson Click on book graphic for more information and purchase details AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only remember the first verse. It is sung to the tune of The Children’s Marching Song (from the film, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness – 1958 starringIngrid Bergman as
ANDRÉ ZIRNHELD: THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER. I’m asking You God, to give me what You have left. Give me those things that others never ask of You. I don’t ask You for rest, or tranquillity. Not that of the spirit, the body, or the mind. I don’t ask You for wealth, or success, or evenhealth. that you
MAJOR MICHAEL DAVIS O’DONNELL: REMEMBER THEM Major Michael Davis O’Donnell. Major O’Donnell was Killed-in-Action in Cambodia on March 24, 1970. His was a name with a small cross on The Wall (Panel 12W, Line 40) until came home to Arlington National Cemetery on August 16, 2001; the cross was changedto a diamond.
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’sway.
CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER CHARLES M. PROVINCE. Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr.Historical Society.
EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP Eileen Mahoney. Webmaster’s Note: Eileen Mahoney is, apparently, a 90 year old lady but extensive searches of the web have failed to discover any information on her. MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER Webmaster’s Note: With thanks to Maurice Arnold from Australia, for his research and subsequent communication, which pointed me to the Blog, “The Escape Line”, wherein was included a copy of the full poem. A further search revealed the poem on the website, “Aircrew Remembered”, which served to confirm the poem’s provenance. Canadian Army Major and Korean Veteran, Murray Edwards GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ Webmaster’s Note: Mr Skypeck honoured me by forwarding a copy of his poem that included graphics of the Australian Flag and the new Aussie medals for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terrorism (with the Vietnam, Long Service and Good Conduct, Defence Force Service, and Australian Defence) Ribbons. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… Author Unknown A MARINE DIES Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE Rudyard Kipling THE BLINKIN’ MARINE. He ain’t exactly a Tommy, he ain’t exactly a Tar, He ain’t too cocky or nothing, but the bestblokes never are.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG Author Unknown THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only rememberthe first verse.
INTERNATIONAL WAR VETERANS POETRY ARCHIVES: HOME PAGEHOME PAGEIWVPA FEATURESABOUT IWVPAIWVPA GUESTBOOKCONTACT USMONTHLY THEME POEMS The International War Veterans Poetry Archives (IWVPA) website is a living and growing memorial, dedicated to all warriors who paid the supreme sacrifice for their Country during all occasions where, whilst wearing the uniform of their country, they were placed in harm’sway.
CHARLES M. PROVINCE: IT IS THE SOLDIER CHARLES M. PROVINCE. Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr.Historical Society.
EILEEN MAHONEY: IN WATERS DEEP Eileen Mahoney. Webmaster’s Note: Eileen Mahoney is, apparently, a 90 year old lady but extensive searches of the web have failed to discover any information on her. MOINA MICHAEL: WE SHALL KEEP THE FAITH Moina Michael. Moina Michael: 1869-1944 Moina Belle Michael was born near Good Hope, Walton County, Georgia, USA on August 15, 1869. At the age of 15 Moina began her career as a teacher, spending time in every section of the educational system in Georgia, teaching in REV. CHARLES R. FINK: BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS Rev. Charles R. Fink. Father Charles R. Fink, a Roman Catholic Priest of St. Philip Neri’s Church in Northport NY., served in Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970 as a Sergeant in the 199th Light InfantryBrigade.
G.D. MARTINEAU: THE PARACHUTE PACKERS PRAYER Webmaster’s Note: With thanks to Maurice Arnold from Australia, for his research and subsequent communication, which pointed me to the Blog, “The Escape Line”, wherein was included a copy of the full poem. A further search revealed the poem on the website, “Aircrew Remembered”, which served to confirm the poem’s provenance. Canadian Army Major and Korean Veteran, Murray Edwards GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ Webmaster’s Note: Mr Skypeck honoured me by forwarding a copy of his poem that included graphics of the Australian Flag and the new Aussie medals for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terrorism (with the Vietnam, Long Service and Good Conduct, Defence Force Service, and Australian Defence) Ribbons. AUTHOR UNKNOWN: A MARINE DIES… Author Unknown A MARINE DIES Take a man and put him alone, put him twelve thousand miles from home. Empty his heart of all but his blood, make him live in sweat, in mud. RUDYARD KIPLING: THE BLINKIN’ MARINE Rudyard Kipling THE BLINKIN’ MARINE. He ain’t exactly a Tommy, he ain’t exactly a Tar, He ain’t too cocky or nothing, but the bestblokes never are.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG Author Unknown THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only rememberthe first verse.
GEORGE L. SKYPECK®™ Webmaster’s Note: Mr Skypeck honoured me by forwarding a copy of his poem that included graphics of the Australian Flag and the new Aussie medals for Iraq, Afghanistan, and the War on Terrorism (with the Vietnam, Long Service and Good Conduct, Defence Force Service, and Australian Defence) Ribbons. ANDRÉ ZIRNHELD: THE PARATROOPER’S PRAYER André Louis Arthur Zirnheld. Born in 1913, Zirnheld was killed in action in Libya, in July 1942, during a raid behind enemy lines while serving as a parachutist in the Free French Army. LES PEATE - IWVPA.NET Les Peate. Les Peate’s military career began when, as an army cadet, he was poised to prevent a German invasion of his homeland, armed with an 1880’s Martini-Enfield carbine (but no ammo).DEL “ABE” JONES
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PAUL ANFORTH
Paul Anforth. Paul, a chronic and acute sufferer of PTSD, lives in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. He served in the Australian Army Intelligence for 12 years from January 1970 until he was honourably discharged in 1981.JOHN A. MOLLER
John A. Moller. John Moller joined the New Zealand Army at 16 years of age and at 21 was selected to undergo officer training in Australia. In 1968-69 Lieutenant Moller served as a platoon commander with Whiskey 2 Company in Vietnam as part of the 4 RAR/NZ and 6 RAR/NZ ANZAC infantry battalions of the 1st Australian Task Force based at Nui Dat in the Phuoc Tuy Province.FORREST LANGLEY
Forrest Langley. Forrest Langley: Operation Iraqi Freedom Forrest served in the US Army as gunner on Humvees in the Sunni ‘Triangle of Death’ in 2005, and experienced many vehicles being blown up under him. Wounded with Traumatic Brain Damage as a result of the second blast, he experienced four subsequent blasts.GEORGE MANSFORD AO
George Mansford AO. George Mansford enlisted in the Australian Army in 1951. He served 40 years as an infantryman; most of that time in the Royal Australian Regiment. CHRISTOPHER K. SWANSON Christopher Kelly Swanson “Chris” aka “Rocker” “Celebrity Sins” by Chistopher Swanson Click on book graphic for more information and purchase details AUTHOR UNKNOWN: THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG Author Unknown THE “CHEAP CHARLIE” SONG. This song became famous among Australians in South Vietnam. There is hardly and Aussie who served there that did not know it, but these days most only rememberthe first verse.
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