Our Nation’s Best – v3

They stand on guard once more

in harm’s way, in hostile lands,

answering our nation’s call

They stand on point

in the places of death

of sectarian factions

of conflict, of war,

where the madmen

long to loose the whirlwinds.

They stand watch, they are vigilant,

where we would choose never to be

standing in the crosshairs

walking near the mines, the chaos

around the blind corners

trusting in their brothers,

their sisters under arms,

their only hope in returning home,

their comrades, save for God

They stand in the fields,

these foreign lands,

ready to protect us, our beliefs

to defend America, this nation,

with their lives, if they must,

Standing in the breach

Heroes of this land

one and all, each veteran,

Remembered a little more

each Veteran’s Day.

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edited November 11, 2014

Our Nation’s Best – v3

Veteran’s Day

edited May 25, 2014

Our Nation’s Best – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/05/our-nations-best-v2.html

Memorial Day, May 28, 2007 13:55

Our Nation’s Best

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2007/05/our-nations-best.html

In the period from Memorial Day 2006 to Memorial Day 2007,

982 soldiers and Marines died in Iraq (per AP reports).

At least 3,452 members of the U.S. military have died

since the beginning of the war in Iraq in March 2003 (per AP reports).

At least 325 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan,

Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion

of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.

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