Because of their service – v3

Because of their service

carrying their cross

their burden

choosing to serve

paying an awful cost

The pain of their scars

sometimes hidden

of what they have seen

some going to the grave

that we may truly live

Because of their service

we have freedom

we are a nation of opportunity

not held by the yoke

of foreign oppression

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edited November 11, 2014

Because of their service – v3

Veteran’s Day

edited May 24, 2014

Because of their service – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/because-of-their-service-v2.html

November 11, 2010

Because of their service

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/11/because-of-their-service.html

Veteran’s Day

&

the sacrifice of Jesus Christ

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