 PLEASE REMEMBER ME
by Walt Dixon, Korean War vet, Shriner, FORR supporter,
and brother
Remember me, America, for I was once your son
I fought and died at Valley Forge with George
Washington
I was there at Gettysburg on that tragic, tragic day
When brother fought against brother, ---The
blue against the gray
I road with Teddy Roosevelt on the charge up San Juan Hill
Some came back to fight
again, but I must lie there still.
I went to France with the A E F, to bring the peace to you
I was twenty
one and full of fun --- I never saw twenty two.
I'm still at Pearl Harbor, Since Dec 7, a day of infamy
Lying silently with my shipmates on the Arizona at the bottom of the sea
D Day June 6th 1944, We hit the beaches
of Normandy, we faught uphill all the way
We routed the Germans and hurled them back, but what a terrible price we had
to pay.
I served on a US submarine, the bravest of the brave
Until a German depth charge gave us a watery
grave
I bombed the Ploesti oil fields, and they blew with one hell of a roar,
But in the attack we were
hit with flack, ---I'll never bomb anymore
In Korea I heard the CO shout "we'll make it and I am
sure that we will"
I lost my life trying to take a spot called "Pork Chop Hill"
Viet Nam
Viet Nam! When will we ever learn
I'm one of the six thousand who will never return
I left my town,
my wife and kids, my home so cozy and warm
I was killed in a scud attack, in a war they called Desert Storm
I was working in the WTC on that bright and sunny day
Two planes slammed into the towers and thousands had to pay
I was sent to a war called Iraqi freedom to rid the world of Saddam Hussein and his terrorist acts. But we were
hit with a suicide bomb and I won't be coming back
Now those responsible and their terrorist packs
Will
face the wrath of America and I call that payback
So in my eternity, my thoughts are all for thee
I'll
never forget my beloved America,
I pray she remembers me
GOD BLESS AMERICA
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