Simviation Forums

I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.


A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.


I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?


How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.


I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.


I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.


I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea,
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free


Enjoy Your Freedom & God Bless Our Troops

Lest we forget

I wouldn't want to forget. World War II is BURNED into mein Gehrin, my mind. I hate who I am because of it. Fortunatly, I do have some pride. My great-Grandad flew against the Luftwaffe, he being of German decent. I am a proud German, although I have to deal with racial comments. Don't ask.
Cheers,
Doc.
P.S. Hitler? YOU SUCK!

Hey Dr. Goodfly
Just because you're german, dosn't mean that you are a nazi, right?
I'm danish, and that dosn't mean i'm a viking, right?
it was just bad luck that hitler settled down in germany, and not any other country..

What's interesting is that I have relatives who fought on the German side in WW1

Hey Dr. Goodfly
Just because you're german, dosn't mean that you are a nazi, right?
I'm danish, and that dosn't mean i'm a viking, right?
it was just bad luck that hitler settled down in germany, and not any other country..

So please remember, on SimV is EVERYONE welcome! (Except those whom post pics out of guidelines, we marmalade them! )

Cheers Theis