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boatsnblondes
10-15-2007, 10:05 AM
Just watched a two hour program on the trench warfare in Flanders Fields in WW1...sobering.....those guys were something....in doing a little online research on the Flanders Fields, I found this...I had read it in High School, and remembered it watching the program...so here ya go.....I hope wherever they are, theres no shovels.....:(
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Rest in Peace, boys, Rest in Peace.....:(

boatsnblondes
10-15-2007, 05:45 PM
I agree, it does, but at least there are men who fight and do it honorably, if such a thing can be said about war. Not like these cowards we are exterminating today...