I Gave My Life for You

I gave my life for you, Continental Army so you could defeat the tyranny of the British monarchy.

I gave my life for you, Marine Corps so you could take the island and step closer to winning the war to keep our freedom…

I gave my life for you, U.S. Army 4^th Infantry, so you could take the beach at Normandy…

I gave my life for you, Caen Canal Bridge so our troops could use it in the quest to defeat the Nazis who threatened our freedom…….

I gave my life for you, guy at the LA airport, so you could have the freedom to spit and call me ‘baby killer’ when I got home on leave from Viet Nam…..

I gave my life for you, media, so some of you could keep the right to berate our presidents…..

I gave my life for you all, so you could choose to hate or love and be free to express yourselves…..

I’m still on the battle fields where they could not find me to bring me home, at the bottom of the sea, in the dust in the air and, here, in Normandy where I lie in pristine rows at peace with my brothers and sisters,  that eternal peace which passes all understanding……

Remember me.