Monday, May 30, 2022

Memorial Day 2022

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In honor...

I remember this day.  I had uncles who fought in WWII.  Dad was refused for an "enlarged heart" (later discovered to be incorrect, so he spent the war helping to build submarines.

WWII was a war I understood.  Clear-cut. no debate. But I have never seen a poem to describe that war. It was a bloodbath all the way.  What could you say about Nazi death camps, Stalingrad and Hiroshima?

My uncles all arrived home after.  That was rare.  So many did not...


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