Friday 3 February 2012

SOLDIER

Soldier...  
A glint of flame in eastern skies
burns not Old Sol, but firelights,
Campaigning fear and massed for death,
an unseen foe, the devil's breath,

Disciplined in the art of war,
I venerate what stands before,
Sworn by oath and duty bound
to stay this force and hold my ground,

I make my peace at Heaven's door,
and pray that I may see once more,
The pictures cherished in my mind
of loved ones left so far behind,

One day I hope to kiss home shores,
rinse off the blood, forget the gore,
Until that time I fight the fight,
so others may sleep in peace tonight.

Jack E. Bilek
Copyright© 04-18-06
All rights reserved.
By Stargzr
© 2006 Stargzr (All rights reserved)





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How many Americans died in war's


How many Americans died in war's

War Deaths Addendum
American Revolution 25,324 Bunker Hill cost 400 American lives
War of 1812 2,260  
Mexican War 13,283  
Civil War
Union
Confederacy

498,332
364,821		 Antietam cost 5,000 lives on both sides: bloodiest day in American history
Spanish-American War 2,446  
World War I 116,516 Battle of Somme cost 19,240 British lives on a single day (total British casualties that day: 57,470)
World War II 405,399 Other Losses:
Soviet: 10,000,000
German: 3,500,000
Japan: 1,500,000
British: 280,000
At Dunkirk the British suffered 68,000 casualties
Korean War 54,246  
Vietnam War 58,148  
Panama Invasion 23  
Gulf War (1991) 148  
 
 


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