WRITTEN 19 JULY 07
BY: JOHN R. SANDIFER III
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AIR ASSAULT)
JANUARY 1989 – SEPTEMBER 1992
TO ALL THE VETERANS WHO HAVE GONE TO WAR, TRAVELED FROM OUR LAND TO FOREIGN SHORES.
CALLED UPON TO RID RIGHT FROM WRONG, KEEPING FREEDOM WHERE IT BELONGS!!!!
I SALUTE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, LONG LIVE THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE!!!!!
YOU GAVE UP THE COMFORTS OF HOME, TO SPEND MANY, MANY NIGHTS ALONE.
IN A FOXHOLE, OR ON A SHIP. OUR FALLEN COMRADES DIDN’T MAKE THE RETURN TRIP.
TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS NEAR AND FAR, ONE MUST WISH UPON A STAR.
FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE IN HARMONY, PEARL HARBOR, NORMANDY, ANZIO, IRAQ, AND QUANG TRI.
YOUNG SOLDIERS, OLDER SOLDIERS, WE’RE ALL ALIKE. WITH ONE PURPOSE IN LIFE, TO STRIKE!!!
WHERE EVIL LURKS, WHERE EVIL MAY HIDE. THESE COLORS WILL NEVER RUN EXCEPT TO RIDE.
THE WINGS OF GLORY TO HEIGHTS UNKNOWN, REMEMBER, A VETERAN NEVER TRAVELS ALONE.
ACROSS OCEANS, MINEFIELDS, RICE PADDIES, AND HALLOWED HALLS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DUTY CALLS!!!
IF YOU LOVE YOUR FREEDOM, THANK A VET. I FOR ONE WILL NEVER FORGET.
WHAT VETERANS DAY MEANS TO ME, AS I BOW ON BENDED KNEE. IN AWE OF VETERANS, PRESENT AND PAST.
ITS YOUR FREEDOM WHICH WILL LAST.
WHEN A SOLDIER HEEDS THEIR COUNTRY’S CALL, TO KEEP US SAFE, FREEDOM WILL NEVER FALL!!!
JOHN R. SANDIFER III
