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| British 55th Division gas casualties 10 April 1918 |
For those who came home
For those who came home
Battered, bruised, and broken,
Heartsore,
Who saw their friends fall,
Who waded through mud,
Blood, and bodies,
Who endured,
Who survived,
For those who came home
Leaving limbs, and friends,
And restful nights
To the time before the
Battlefield,
Before the boredom
And the terror
Took them away,
For those who came home
Little different from when they left,
And those who discovered
That they weren't the same,
For the enlisted men,
The draftees, the officers,
The nurses, doctors, and all others
Who left by choice or through the necessity of war,
We remember,
I remember,
And I honor you.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
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| U.S. soldiers returning to America after WWI, 1919 |
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